- Date
- May 25, 1975
- Place
- Bay City, TX · BAY CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N44BDBede BD4
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750525017269A
- Case key
- 170742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1502 75/5/25 NR.BAY CITY,TX BEDE BD4 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1404 TIME - 1330 N44BD PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAY CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAY CITY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED REMARKS- ACFT ON CLIMB OUT ON 1ST TEST FLT PLT LOST AILERON CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44BD
- Reported as
- Bede BD4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bay City Muni
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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.