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MKC81FCG19

1980-12-15 · SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEDE BD-5B · N8065V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
SPRINGFIELD RGNL
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000673

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
11,400
Age
75

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ASSY FAILED.SCOTCH WELD NOT SUITABLE FOR HI TEMP.

Investigator remarks

SCOTCH WELD & ALUMINUM POP RIVETS ON PROP DRIVE

Cause factors

  • 68/A/J2 A
    PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 74/A/LI A
    POWERPLANT SHAFT PROPELLER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3409. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3409.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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