# Nolley Mell B BD-5

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056027V
- Manufacturer (registry): NOLLEY MELL B
- Model: BD-5
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/nolley-mell-b-bd-5

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)

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None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 SEA02LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA168), Aug 31, 2002: Nolley BD-5 (N50TX), Corvallis, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation resulting in a loss of engine power during the aircraft's initial climb. A disconnected fuel line was a factor.
- [NTSB SEA98FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98FA109), Jun 21, 1998: Nolley BD-5T (N50TX), Corvallis, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The introduction of a fuel containing an ethanol additive into fuel tanks sloshed/sealed with a compound incompatible with alcohols, resulting in debonding of the compound from the fuel tank walls,…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20020831023269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020831023269A), Aug 31, 2002: Amtr BD5 (N50TX), Corvallis, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot lost power in traffic pattern, could not make runway, unable to arrest descent rate, made hard landing with wings level, struck in open plowed…
- [Accident 19980621014429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980621014429A), Jun 21, 1998: Amtr BD5 (N50TX), Corvallis, OR, Substantial damage. Engine quit shallow left turn. Unable restart. Landed in tall grass field. A wing caught on grass. Flipped over. (-23) according to the pilot, he was in a…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Bede BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/bede-bd-5): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 1130513
- [Clark Ralph A BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/clark-ralph-a-bd-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601V2
- [Emer George J JR BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/emer-george-j-jr-bd-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05612C0
- [Kuklo Robert M BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/kuklo-robert-m-bd-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05617RI
- [Mischke David BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/mischke-david-bd-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056192S
- [Zane R Gard JR BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/zane-r-gard-jr-bd-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05638E1
- [Beebe-Dennis BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/beebe-dennis-bd-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 11307B1
- [Gregg-Schlick BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/gregg-schlick-bd-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 11307H9
- [Uptain Troy N BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/uptain-troy-n-bd-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 11307M8
- [Olsen Hugh H BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/olsen-hugh-h-bd-5): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05601H2
- [Ciommo William J BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/ciommo-william-j-bd-5): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05603D8
- [Daniel Michael P BD-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/daniel-michael-p-bd-5): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05615AS

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