# Accident 20081001854479A: Bezinq ALISPORTSILE, Pensacola, FL, October 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: West Florida Regional Medical Cent
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5850° N, 80.5019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5850&lon=-80.5019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N373DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N373DB-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bezinque David J ALISPORT-SILENT IN (registry code 056147A, https://openairdocs.org/model/bezinque-david-j-alisport-silent-in) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEZINQ ALISPORTSILE
- Reported engine: ZANZOI MZ85
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 36 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081001854479A

## Narrative

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

N373DB, A ALISPORT LIGHT SPORT EXPERIMENTAL MOTORIZED GLIDER ON A SINGLE PILOT PLEASURE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED ENGINE FAILURE DURING CLIMBOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 170 FEET AGL.  FOLLOWING THE ENGINE FAILURE, THE PILOT LEVELED OUT AIRCRAFT AND MADE A LEFT TURN TO THE EAST ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  AFTER LEFT TURN WAS MADE ENGINE RESTARTED ITSELF ALLOWING AND ADDITIONAL TURN TO THE WEST HEADING BACK TO THE AIRPORT.  AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS THE ENGINE FAILED AGAIN.  PILOT INDICATED IN STATEMENT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO STOW ENGINE AND LOOKED FOR AREA TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING.  AIRCRAFT LANDED BENEATH HIGH TENSION POWER LINES APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET SHORT OF HIGHWAY ON A BARBED WIRE CATTLE FENCE, IMPACTING THE TOP OF THE FENCE AND SPINNING APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND.  PILOT TURNED OFF POWER AND EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT UNASSISTED.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WITH A BROKEN TAIL BOOM AND BUCKLED/CRACKED FUSELAGE UNDER PILOT SEAT.

## 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 ERA09LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA001), Oct 1, 2008: Bezinque Alisport-Silent (N373DB), Vero Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the electric fuel boost pump which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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