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BFO86FID10

1986-07-27 · NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PHF

N45CX has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR22, built 2021), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED FROM APRX 100 AGL AFTER TAKEOFF. THE ACFT WAS ON A TEST FLT AND AFTER THE CRASH THE PLT SAID THAT THE ACFT WAS PULLING TO THE RT DURING TAKEOFF SO HE REDUCED POWER. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO PULL RT BEFORE NOSING DOWN TO GROUND IMPACT. FIRE DAMAGE DESTROYED THE ACFT WHICH HINDERED THE INVESTIGATION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_BFO86FID10.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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