# Stearns ER BD-4

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 11304F3
- Manufacturer (registry): STEARNS ER
- Model: BD-4
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 4
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/stearns-er-bd-4

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 LAX89DVD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVD03), Mar 8, 1989: Stearns BD-4 (N277MB), Leggett, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUATION OF VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS,…

## 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 19890308004599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890308004599A), Mar 8, 1989: Amtrbd BEDEBD4 (N277MB), Leggett, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into trees while trying to see terrain in low ceiling and fog. Had been following coast over water.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Bede BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/bede-bd-4): 4 registered aircraft, registry code 1130512
- [Barker Rodney N BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/barker-rodney-n-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056010A
- [Seibold Lary L BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/seibold-lary-l-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604SN
- [Steere John F BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/steere-john-f-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056051U
- [Raabel Gary K BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/raabel-gary-k-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560573
- [Bede/Norrison BD 4](https://openairdocs.org/model/bede-norrison-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560611
- [Weigle Alan B BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/weigle-alan-b-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606AX
- [Alan J Colburn BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/alan-j-colburn-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05608FI
- [Morton R/Morton D BD4](https://openairdocs.org/model/morton-r-morton-d-bd4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05614HB
- [Mcconnell H James BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcconnell-h-james-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05618MT
- [Glenn BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/glenn-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0561905
- [Metty Tom BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/metty-tom-bd-4): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05623Z8

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