- Date
- May 16, 1991, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elma, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17127Lee Bede BD-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910516016229A
- Case key
- 41432
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain an adequate airspeed. Factors to the accident were: proper alignment was not maintained, inadequate remedial action, and the pilot did not identify a stall.
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
While on final approach for landing, the pilot reported that the airplane was 50 feet high. The pilot made s turns to decrease altitude and reported that when he made the left turn, the left wing would not come up with aileron control. Instead of applying full power to go around, the pilot opted to collide with the edge of the runway. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions found during the post crash inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17127
- Reported as
- Lee Bede BD-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 614
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elmer E. Moots
- Registered owner
- Elmer E. Moots
- Departed
- OLM · Olympia, WA
- Airport
- WA22 · Elma, runway 24, 2,280 × 30 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Flight hours
- 795 total · 687 in this make and model · 795 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N17127 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.