- Date
- August 19, 1981
- Place
- Chowchilla, CA · CHOWCHILLA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N117CPBede BD-4
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810819050519A
- Case key
- 123917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2320 81/8/19 NR.CHOWCHILLA,CA BEDE BD-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 5000 TIME - 1315 N117CP PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 106 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHOWCHILLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VACAVILLE,CA CORONA,CA PORTERVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117CP
- Reported as
- Bede BD-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chowchilla
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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.