- Date
- December 24, 1987, 12:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chula Vista, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N29DTBede BD-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871224079169A
- Case key
- 25730
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29DT
- Reported as
- Bede BD-5
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3829
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Honda EB2, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Teufel, Armin U.
- Registered owner
- Armin U Teufel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 21, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- SDM · San Diego, CA
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,824 total · 2,300 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDM, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.