- Date
- September 27, 1981
- Place
- Brandy Station, VA · BRANDY STATION, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N469HFBede BD-5B
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810927062679A
- Case key
- 123726
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2121 81/9/27 BRANDY STATION,VA BEDE BD-5B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2015 TIME - 1330 N469HF PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARRENTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WATER HOSE RUPTURED,WATER SPRAYED ON DISTRIBUTOR & CAUSED ENG TO MALFUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N469HF
- Reported as
- Bede BD-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N469HFRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Lambert Richard E BD-5BAirframe modelLambert Richard E BD-5B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.