NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC86FGM01
Registry · N40FP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOMBARDIER INC BD-700-1A11
Year of manufacture
2014
Engine
ROLLS DEUT BR700-710A220
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20241109
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4AAD3
Registrant of record
DNC AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE HOMEBUILT ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH DURING A FORCED LNDG SHORT OF THE RWY AFTER A POWER LOSS DURING A TEST FLT. THE PLT HAD NOTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. AS HE RETURNED TO THE ARPT THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND SURGE BEFORE QUITTING. DURING THE LNDG THE LNDG GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. DURING ENG EXAM THE CRANKCASE BREATHER TUBE WAS KINKED AND THE OIL SUMP WAS EMPTY OF OIL. THE ENG TURNED FREELY WITH COMPRESSION ON ALL CYLINDERS. NO SIGN OF MECHANICAL FAILURE WAS NOTED. THE LOWER SECTION OF THE ENG WAS COVERED WITH OIL FROM OIL BEING PUMPED OVERBOARD THRU A SEPARATED CRANKCASE OIL SEAL. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1986_NYC86FGM01.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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