NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74FEP03
Registry · N5BD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STEMME AG STEMME S 10-VT
Year of manufacture
2004
Engine
BRP-ROTAX 914 F2 (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20050329
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6355B
Registrant of record
DAGE BRUCE E
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
BEDE BD-5J · N5BD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
K
Airport
WITTMAN FIELD
Kind of flying
DC
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
350° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
18 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,200
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
STANCE. HIT 2 APCH LT POLES.
Investigator remarks
THRUST REVERSER LEVER JAMMED CLOSED BY UNDET SUB
Cause factors
- 74/C/36 C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 84/C/G C MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
- 88/C/43 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST REVERSAL-UNWANTED Cause
- 88/C/CD C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 2131.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2131.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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