# Accident 20081112851449A: Bedeja BD17, Mansfield, OH, November 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N170BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bede James R BD-17 (registry code 056103S, https://openairdocs.org/model/bede-james-r-bd-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEDEJA BD17
- Reported engine: HKSAVI HKS700E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081112851449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MFD AT 4500 MSL CANOPY SWUNG OPEN.  PILOT COULD NOT CLOSE CANOPY DUE TO AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE.  DRAG CREATED BY OPEN CANOPY CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO LOOSE AIRSPEED.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO MFD BUT LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROX 7.5 MI SW OF AIRFIELD.  LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF AND PROPELLER SHATTERED UPON CONTACT WITH GROUND.  UN-INJURED PILOT EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.

## 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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