# NTSB LAX88DUK01: Colman BD-4, N49RC, Half Moon Bay, CA, January 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 27, 1988, 15:17 local (23:17 UTC)
- Place: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Location: 37.4673° N, 122.4399° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Half Moon Bay, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4673&lon=-122.4399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25728
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88DUK01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25728/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DUK01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - fuel system,line - failure,partial (cause)
  - fuel system,strainer - blocked(partial) (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - emergency procedure - attempted
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49RC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49RC-2013-03-18), registration cancelled 2013-03-18, S/N BD-653, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLMAN BD-4
- Registry model: [Colman BD-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/colman-bd-4) (registry code 1130445) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: BD-653
- Airframe hours: 368
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2E 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Terence J. Mcnamara
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, September 27, 1987, 79 hours before
- Departed: HAF, HALF MOON BAY, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 99 total, 8 in this make and model, 49 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken

## 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 19880127009879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880127009879A), Jan 27, 1988: Amtrbd BEDEBD4, Half Moon Bay, CA, Substantial damage. Crash landed after engine quit. Found a large donut shaped piece of rubber from a fuel hose fitting in gascolator.

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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