- Date
- July 27, 1975
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62542Beede BD-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750727025839A
- Case key
- 150186
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2303 75/7/27 SAN JOSE,CA BEEDE BD-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 526 TIME - 0930 N62542 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JOSE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62542
- Reported as
- Beede BD-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Jose Intl
N62542Registration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Schwehr BEDE CO BD-4Airframe modelSchwehr BEDE CO BD-4Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.