# Accident 19921108045719A: Amtrbd BEDEBD5B, Guntersville, AL, November 8, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1992, 16:00 local time
- Place: Guntersville, AL
- Airport: Guntersville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3493° N, 86.2701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3493&lon=-86.2701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84EJ-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johnson Edward H JR BD-5B (registry code 11307F9, https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-edward-h-jr-bd-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honda CIVIC (registry code 33802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honda-civic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBD BEDEBD5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,608 total, 102 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921108045719A

## Narrative

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

ERRATIC TAKEOFF KNOCKED OFF OIL COOLER SCOOP THEN SNAP ROLL TURNING FINAL FROM ACCELERATED STALL. VERTICAL DIVE.

## 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 ATL93LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA023), Nov 8, 1992: Bede BD-5B (N84EJ), Guntersville, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT STALL OF THE AIRPLANE, DURING THE BASE TO FINAL TURN, AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE TO EFFECT RECOVERY. FACTORS WERE THE IMPROPER LIFT OFF, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE RE…

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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