- Date
- October 27, 1984, 15:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Camarillo, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N721JBJack L. Bigham Bede 5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841027060969A
- Case key
- 24851
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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 plt was performing a go around when the prop drive failed. A forced landing was made on a soft fld adjacent to a taxiway during which the landing gear collapsed. Examination of the acft disclosed the prop drive belt laying in the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N721JB
- Reported as
- Jack L. Bigham Bede 5B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2660
- Engine
- Honda EB-2, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J. D. Newman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Airport
- CMA · Camarillo, runway 26, 6,020 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,300 total · 4,200 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- OXR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.