- Date
- April 27, 1985, 10:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Madera, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N831SPJack Boldt BD-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850427016809A
- Case key
- 24706
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On base leg, the acft's honda eng lost power. Unable to glide to the arpt, the plt made an emergency landing on an underlying alfalfa field. During the landing, he stalled the acft & landed hard. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N831SP
- Reported as
- Jack Boldt BD-5A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2096
- Airframe hours
- 74
- Engine
- Honda EB3, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Boldt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 032 · Reedley, CA
- Airport
- MAE · Madera Muni, runway 12, 4,500 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 807 total · 16 in this make and model · 721 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° 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.