- Date
- December 3, 1980
- Place
- Tomball, TX · TOMBALL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N52BMBede BD-5
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801203076819A
- Case key
- 127847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3186 80/12/3 TOMBALL,TX BEDE BD-5 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 599 TIME - 1600 N52BM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - D W HOOKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOMBALL,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- UN EXTEND MAIN GR.ENG LOST PWR DRG ATTEMPT TO LWR GR.HONDA EB-2 ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52BM
- Reported as
- Bede BD-5
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- D W Hooks
N52BMRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Byrdell Mathews BD-5Airframe modelByrdell Mathews BD-5Engine modelHonda CIVIC
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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.