# Accident 20040529009819A: Amtr BD5, Goodyear, AZ, May 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2004, 11:20 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6167° N, 112.3667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6167&lon=-112.3667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501BD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501BD-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Simmons John M BD-5 (registry code 05624P6, https://openairdocs.org/model/simmons-john-m-bd-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BD5
- Reported engine: AMTRHD EB3HONDA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 16 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529009819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, HE DETECTED A MOMENTARY VIBRATION AND THEN A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM A RESTART AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON AN OLD ABANDONED AIRSTRIP 7 MILES WEST OF THE GOODYEAR AIRPORT. PILOT REPORTED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENT READINGS WERE NORMAL (IN THE GREEN) PRIOR TO THE POWER LOSS. POST ACCIDENT OBSERVATIONS BY THE PILOT INDICATED THAT A HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE ENGINE OIL PAN INDICATING A POSSIBLE CONNECTING ROD FAILURE.

## 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 LAX04LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA229), May 29, 2004: Simmons BD-5 (N501BD), Goodyear, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The overheating and failure of the number 4 connecting rod, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during descent.

## Other reports on N501BD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20191008014329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191008014329A), Oct 8, 2019: Simmons John M BD-5 (N501BD), Camarillo, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. During takeoff climb-out the pilot reported he could not maintain climb rate. The aircraft was cleared to return to cma. On downwind the aircraft was low and…

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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