# Homebuilt BG-12BD

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05603P0
- Manufacturer (registry): HOMEBUILT
- Model: BG-12BD
- Aircraft type: Glider
- Category: Glider
- Engines: None
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 60 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/homebuilt-bg-12bd

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 LAX00LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA312), Aug 26, 2000: Cable-Breigler BG-12BD (N4458), Tehachapi, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot exceeded the airspeed limit for operation of the flaps resulting in flap and wing overload and separation.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20000826010609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000826010609A), Aug 26, 2000: Amtr BG12BD (N4458), Tehachapi, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Pilot returning to Mountain Valley Airport (L94), approx. 1 mile north of airport, approaching the landing pattern for runway 27. Aircraft at higher than…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Mcelwee William R BG 12 BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcelwee-william-r-bg-12-bd): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 1130820
- [Briegleb BG12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/briegleb-bg12bd): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 79001F6
- [Zawasky BG 12 BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/zawasky-bg-12-bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0564749
- [Todd BG12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/todd-bg12bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0564777
- [Boltz Chad C BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/boltz-chad-c-bg-12bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05647BU
- [Pitts Andrew BG 12 BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-andrew-bg-12-bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 1130802
- [Gyenes BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/gyenes-bg-12bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 79001EP
- [Briegleb BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/briegleb-bg-12bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 79001FG
- [Breigleb BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/breigleb-bg-12bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 79001NB
- [Hartshorn BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/hartshorn-bg-12bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 79001T3
- [Arthur Krelle BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/arthur-krelle-bg-12bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 79001T7
- [Meisenbach BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/meisenbach-bg-12bd): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 79001V8

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