- Date
- September 23, 1980
- Place
- Goshen, IN · GOSHEN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N78MJBede BD-5B
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800923079899A
- Case key
- 128073
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3441 80/9/23 GOSHEN,IN BEDE BD-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 77 TOTAL TIME - 1010 N78MJ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOSHEN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOSHEN,IN VALPARAISO,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRIVE BELT,P/N 1-0812,CONNECTING ENG CRANKSHAFT PULLEY TO PROP SHAFT SLIPPING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78MJ
- Reported as
- Bede BD-5B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goshen Muni
N78MJRegistration cancelled Dec 15, 1988 · Ritschard-Michael BD-5BAirframe modelRitschard-Michael 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.