Everett BD-10 N7FF

Summary

On 22 February 2003 at about 00:30 local time, a Everett BD-10 registered N7FF was involved in an accident near Dana Point, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 February 2003 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Dana Point, California, United States

Coordinates

33.3614, -117.6236

Aircraft

Everett BD-10

Registration

N7FF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Ana → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX03LA092

1 person died.

in-flight breakup of the experimental airplane for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During cruise flight, the pilot radioed a MAYDAY in which he stated that his experimental jet airplane was disintegrating. A witness flying in the area saw a fast moving object in front him and then a splash in the water. The witness was not able to focus on the object before it hit the water. When he flew over in that area he noted debris in the water as well as debris floating down out of the sky. Portions of the airplane not recovered from the ocean were the tail section with engine, forward cockpit section, and the main and nose landing gear. A failure point was not identifiable in the portions of the wreckage that were recovered. Aircraft logbooks were not made available for the accident airplane. A review of the radar data showed that the flight descended from 13,300 feet to 1,100 feet in 37 seconds.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.