# Accident 19980716024829A: Amtr BEDEBD5, Sumas, WA, July 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1998, 20:34 local time
- Place: Sumas, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9958° N, 122.2690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sumas, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9958&lon=-122.2690&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGWSS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BEDEBD5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 785 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980716024829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDED DUE TO LIMITED POWER CAUSED BY THROTTLE LINKAGE TRAVEL RESTRICTION. (.19)  ON JULY 16, 1998, APPROXIMATELY 2035 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CANADIAN-REGISTERED BEDE BD-5B HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE, C-GWSS, MADE A CRASH LANDING IN A FARMER'S FIELD NEAR SUMAS, WASHINGTON.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, A RESIDENT OF SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA WHO WAS THE AIRCRAFT'S SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WHICH WAS THE FLIGHT'S DESTINATION, AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS SOUTH OF THE U.S.-CANADIAN BORDER.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME, AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE 14 CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH ORIGINATED AT ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON. THE PILOT'S INITIAL REPORTS TO AUTHORITIES INDICATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING THE ABBOTSFORD AIRPORT, HE EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  HE SUBSEQUENTLY PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN A FARMER'S FIELD.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN THE FORCED LANDING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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