- Date
- June 6, 1979
- Place
- Arcata, CA · ARCATA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7GDBede BD4
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790606011119A
- Case key
- 136286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1112 79/6/6 ARCATA,CA BEDE BD4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 279 TIME - 2020 N7GD PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARCATA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUREKA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACCESSORY DRIVE GEAR,P/N 61155,LOOSE,KEY PIN & CENTER MOUNT BOLT SHEARED OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7GD
- Reported as
- Bede BD4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arcata
N7GDRegistration cancelled May 6, 2013 · Dickinson-Glen BD-4Airframe modelDickinson-Glen BD-4Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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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.