# NTSB LAX88DUM02: Bede BD-5, N29DT, Chula Vista, CA, December 24, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: December 24, 1987, 12:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place: Chula Vista, CA
- Location: 32.6400° N, 117.0842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chula Vista, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6400&lon=-117.0842&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25730
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88DUM02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25730/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DUM02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, unknown
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29DT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29DT-1991-04-05), registration cancelled 1991-04-05, S/N 3289 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Bede Aircraft BD-5
- Registry model: [Teufel Armin U BD 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/teufel-armin-u-bd-5) (registry code 11307P2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 3829
- Airframe hours: 10
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871224079169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871224079169A), Dec 24, 1987: Amtrbd BEDEBD5, Chula Vista, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Experimental aircraft crashed from cruise altitude on initial test flight. Cause unknown. Wearing illegal parachute

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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