- Date
- August 23, 1985, 06:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Woods Cross, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N711JKMitchell/Bede BD-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850823040299A
- Case key
- 16577
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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 acft crashed after the eng quit during takeoff. The acft hit the ground off the arpt in a left descending bank which collapsed the left lndg gear. Investigation revealed corrosion of the carburetor float bowl. The plt was using auto fuel. The fuel tanks had been repaired for leaks. The plt said that he was not able to drain all fuel with the drains as installed. There were no fuel drains in the outboard section of the wing tanks, which is the lowest point in the fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711JK
- Reported as
- Mitchell/Bede BD-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 421
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth H. Mitchell
- Departed
- BTL · Woods Cross, UT
- Destination
- BTL · Woods Cross, UT
- Airport
- BTL
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
- 57
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 860 total · 600 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.