# NTSB CEN15WA317: Cox Bede BD-5G, Garranbane, Ireland, July 25, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 25, 2015, 17:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Garranbane, Ireland
- Coordinates: 52.11639, -7.541944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=52.1164&lon=-7.5419&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91637
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA317
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91637/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA317

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 25, 2015, at 1745 universal coordinated time (UTC), a Cox model Bede BD-5G amateur-built airplane, Irish registration EI-DNN, serial number HJC4523, was destroyed during a postimpact fire following a forced landing near Garranbane, Ireland. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The flight had departed Waterford Airport (EIWF) and was enroute to Shannon Airport (EINN). The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of the Ireland. Further information may be obtained from: Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) Department of Tourism Transport and Sport 2nd Floor, Leesan Lane Dublin 2, Ireland Phone: +353 (0)85 8689427 Fax: +353 (01) 6041514 Web: www.aaiu.ie This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Air Accident Investigation Unit of Ireland.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-DNN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: COX BEDE BD-5G (G)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: HJC4523
- Engines: Mid-West Engines Ltd. AE110RA reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Both
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: EIWF, Waterford
- Destination: EINN, Shannon
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: single

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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.

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