- Date
- July 10, 1983, 13:27 local (17:27 UTC)
- Place
- Westfield, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83SKBede BD-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830710029779A
- Case key
- 35121
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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.
Analysis
The acft crashed short of the rwy during an attempted landing. There were some confusing and garbled transmissions and some mistaken instructions from the tower during the problem experienced by the accident plt. This plt did not make it clear that he had an emergency but he did ask for immediate landing due to a problem. His engine was heard operating at alternating high and low levels. His acft had a history of overheating and it also had an improper propeller installed. A new propeller was on order. According to great American propeller co, the propeller installed on the acft did not haveenough blade area for the airframe/engine combination. This combination could cause enforced moderate application of throttle and at full throttle and low airspeeds could result in excessive RPM and probable cavitation and loss of thrust.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83SK
- Reported as
- Bede BD-5B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3037
- Airframe hours
- 14
- Engine
- Honda EB, 96 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul R. Haas, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 10, 1983 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- BAF · Westfield, MA
- Destination
- BAF · Westfield, MA
- Airport
- BAF · Barnes Municipal, runway 33, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 13 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BAF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.