- Date
- May 22, 1985, 09:59 local (14:59 UTC)
- Place
- Belton, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N500BRBedeell BD-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850522023239A
- Case key
- 33837
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While turning from downwind to base a loss of pwr was experienced after which the acft stalled and impacted a corn fld. The wreckage revealed no evidence of fuel in the left tank and only about an ounce of fuel in the carburetor. Fuel burn on the terrain under the right wing indicated fuel was available in the right tank. The fuel selector was positioned on the left tank. Further examination revealed a sealant used on the wing fuel tanks had coated the glass sight fuel gages thus restricting the plts ability to adequately determine fuel quantity inflight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500BR
- Reported as
- Bedeell BD-5
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3401
- Airframe hours
- 13
- Engine
- Honda EB2, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- GVW · Belton, MO
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 475 total · 13 in this make and model · 379 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVW, 5 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.