# NTSB LAX85LUQ01: Jack L. Bigham Bede 5B, N721JB, Camarillo, CA, October 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 27, 1984, 15:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Coordinates: 34.2299, -119.070037 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2299&lon=-119.0700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24851
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LUQ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24851/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LUQ01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, go-around (vfr)
  - propeller system/accessories - disconnected (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N721JB-2013-06-18), registration cancelled 2013-06-18, S/N 2660 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JACK L. BIGHAM BEDE 5B
- Registry model: [Bigham Jack L BEDE 5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bigham-jack-l-bede-5b) (registry code 11307L4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2660
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841027060969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841027060969A), Oct 27, 1984: Amtrbd BEDEBD5, Camarillo, CA, Substantial damage. Propeller belt drive slipped. Emergency landing in field followed low passes over field.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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