- Date
- April 18, 1984, 17:32 local (Apr 19, 1984, 01:32 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N123BPBowen-Powell BP-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840418016169A
- Case key
- 39801
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Analysis
Witnesses observed the acft enter a right turn at about 1000 to 1500 ft AGL. The turn steepened into a tight spiral, & subsequently, the acft crashed in a steep nose down attitude. The plt was wearing a parachute & bailed out; however, the parachute became entangled in the acft & pulled the plt to the ground. The right aileron was found about 1000 ft NE of the main wreckage. The wings were completely shattered during the accident. The investigation revealed that the wings & ailerons had been rebuilt on 5/30/82 after the acft had sustained damage. A special airworthiness certificate had been issued on 10/3/83 for 25 hrs of flt time or 1 year. The acft had a total flt time of 15 hrs.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123BP
- Reported as
- Bowen-Powell BP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- BP-1
- Airframe hours
- 15
- Engine
- Continental C-125-2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert D. Powell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 3, 1983 · 15 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 9 in this make and model · 140 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 23 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 29 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.