Bede BD4 N7GD

6 June 1979 · Arcata, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 June 1979 at about 20:20 local time, a Bede BD4 registered N7GD was involved in an accident during in flight near Arcata, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 June 1979 at 20:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Arcata, California, United States
Nearest airport: Arcata
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bede BD4
Registration: N7GD
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Eureka, Ca → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-1112

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

ACCESSORY DRIVE GEAR, P/N 61155, LOOSE, KEY PIN & CENTER MOUNT BOLT SHEARED OFF.

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 3-1112, 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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Other Bede BD4 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
25 May 1975	Bede BD4 N44BD	Bay City, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
1 Aug 1975	Bede BD4 N73TX	S Hornell, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
28 Jun 1974	Bede BD4 N90834	Orlando, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
20 May 1971	Bede BD4 N99CC	Chino, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

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