Bede BD-4 N70RD

25 April 1975 · Kissimmee, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 April 1975 at about 19:35 local time, a Bede BD-4 registered N70RD was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Kissimmee, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 April 1975 at 19:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Kissimmee, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Kissimmee Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bede BD-4
Registration: N70RD
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1641

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

EX MANIFOLD EXTN OF L SIDE MISSING, FOUND ON RWY.FUEL LINE DISTORTED IN RUBBER AREA FM HI HEAT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1641, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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4 Aug 1977	Bede BD-4 N375JK	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Nov 1978	Bede BD-4 N999PP	Terrell, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
10 Aug 1972	Bede BD-4 N222DP	Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

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