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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule BEEDEEM4 · Goodyear, AZ · July 13, 1996

Date
July 13, 1996 · 07:15 local
Place
Goodyear, AZ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N162BD
Reported as
Maule BEEDEEM4
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: amend date of incident from 6-13-96 to 7-13-96. Amend pilot's address from city of higley to city of queen creek. IWP0796057. On July 13, 1996, at 0715 MST, an experimental home-built BD-4, N162BD, made an emergency landing in a field near Goodyear, Arizona. The aircraft received minor damage during the landing, and the certificated private pilot received no injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the personal flight, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at chandler, Arizona at approximately 0700 MST. Approximately 10 miles south of Goodyear, Arizona just west of the estrella mountains, the engine quit. The propeller was windmilling during descent. Upon landing, the gear splayed and the propeller was damaged. When attempts were made to remove the airplane from the field, the propeller became bent. Further investigation revealed the pilot's medical certificate was expired. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AMEND DATE OF INCIDENT FROM 6-13-96 TO 7-13-96. AMEND PILOT'S ADDRESS FROM CITY OF HIGLEY TO CITY OF QUEEN CREEK. IWP0796057. ON JULY 13, 1996, AT 0715 MST, AN EXPERIMENTAL HOME-BUILT BD-4, N162BD, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR GOODYEAR, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHANDLER, ARIZONA AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 MST. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTH OF GOODYEAR, ARIZONA JUST WEST OF THE ESTRELLA MOUNTAINS, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PROPELLER WAS WINDMILLING DURING DESCENT. UPON LANDING, THE GEAR SPLAYED AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. WHEN ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REMOVE THE AIRPLANE FROM THE FIELD, THE PROPELLER BECAME BENT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PILOT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS EXPIRED. INCIDENT CLOSED.