- Date
- July 7, 1992, 19:30 local (Jul 8, 1992, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Levenworth, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N583BDDaniel M. Dent BD-5 B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920707024329A
- Case key
- 15217
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Probable cause
A complete loss of engine power following an electrical short to ground in the aircraft's 'ignition kill' electric circuit.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The accident airplane collided with terrain after losing engine power during final approach to the landing runway. The pilot stated that he entered the traffic pattern, started his landing descent and everything was normal. About 500 feet AGL the engine tachometer lost about 200 RPM, then the engine quit. The airplane struck the top of a levy near the approach end of the runway. During the on scene investigation the wiring from the ignition source to the ignition kill switch was checked and found to be shorted to the deck in the engine compartment, deactivating the single ignition system used on this aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N583BD
- Reported as
- Daniel M. Dent BD-5 B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Rotax 583, 88 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel M. Dent
- Registered owner
- Daniel M. Dent
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1992 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- FLV
- Airport
- FLV · Sherman Aaf, runway 15, 5,905 × 100 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,510 total · 11 in this make and model · 905 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.