- Date
- August 1, 1973
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI · OSHKOSH, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5BDBede BD-5J
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730801022839A
- Case key
- 189393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2131 73/8/1 OSHKOSH,WIS BEDE BD-5J CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N5BD PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 31, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 18 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WITTMAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSHKOSH,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - REVERSE THRUST LEVER: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-UNWANTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THRUST REVERSER LEVER JAMMED CLOSED BY UNDET SUBSTANCE. HIT 2 APCH LT POLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5BD
- Reported as
- Bede BD-5J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wittman Field
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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.