Bede BD-4 N37RH

18 November 1978 · Romeo, Michigan, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 18 November 1978 at about 11:30 local time, a Bede BD-4 registered N37RH was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Romeo, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 November 1978 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Romeo, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Romeo
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bede BD-4
Registration: N37RH
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3604

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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

A/C BECAME AIRBORNE DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST.WIND GUSTS TO 20KTS.

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 3-3604, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Nov 1978	Bede BD-4 N999PP	Terrell, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
4 Aug 1977	Bede BD-4 N375JK	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1981	Bede BD-4 N473WM	Pacoima, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Aug 1981	Bede BD-4 N117CP	Chowchilla, California, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
25 Jul 1975	Bede BD-4 N666BL	N.richlnd Hill, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
3 Jul 1981	Bede BD-4 N128TC	Weed, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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