# Accident 19890809028229A: Budd RB1, Springfield, TN, August 9, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1989, 14:14 local time
- Place: Springfield, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4904° N, 86.8710° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4904&lon=-86.8710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44516, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44516-1989-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bratton C R RB-1 (registry code 056136J, https://openairdocs.org/model/bratton-c-r-rb-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUDD RB1
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89DLT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89DLT05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890809028229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE. STRUCK TREE, POWERLINE AND GROUND. NO FUEL IN POWERED GLIDER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL89DLT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89DLT05), Aug 9, 1989: Bratton RB-1 (N44516), Springfield, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AT A LOW ALTITUDE, DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL; AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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