Date: Tuesday 8 October 2019 Time: 11:29 LT Type: BD-5B – Powered by a Honda EB3 engine with a Warp Drive fixed pitch propeller in a pusher configuration. Owner/operator: Private Registration: N501BD MSN: 1039 Year of manufacture: 1998 Engine model: Amateur/Experimental Unknown Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Aircraft damage: Continue Reading
BD-5B N604KA Portland, IN – 26th May 2017
Date: Friday 26 May 2017 Time: 17:20 Type: BD-5B – Powered by a Hirth 3203E engine. Owner/operator: Private Registration: N604KA MSN: 1 Year of manufacture: 2016 Total airframe hrs: 5 hours Gross Weight: 800lbs / 363 kg Engine model: Hirth 3203E Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 Aircraft damage: Substantial Category: Continue Reading
BD-5GR EI-DNN Garranbaun, Ireland – 25th July 2015
Date: Saturday 25 July 2015 Time: 18:45 Type: BD-5GR – Powered by Owner/operator: Private Registration: EI-DNN MSN: HJC4523 Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Category: Accident Location: Garranbane, near Dungarvan, Co. Waterford – Ireland Phase: En route Nature: Private Departure airport: Waterford (WAT/EIWF) Destination airport: Continue Reading
BD-5B C-GTDD Provost, Alberta – 25th August 2014
Date: Monday 25 August 2014 Time: 16:00 Type: BD-5B Owner/operator: Private Registration: C-GTDD MSN: 4915 Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Location: Near Provost, Alberta – Canada Phase: En route Nature: Private Departure airport: Destination airport: Narrative: The pilot is reported to have been a male Continue Reading
The Thrill of Flying the World’s Smallest Jet
Published by Smithsonian Magazine, August 2014. Written by Debbie Gary.Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/thrill-flying-worlds-smallest-jet-180952134/ Last summer while I watched Justin Lewis perform at an airshow in his polished silver BD-5J, that old feeling came back. I longed to strap into a BD-5 jet again. I wanted to dive it along the show line, Continue Reading
BD-5B N30BA Statesville, NC – 14th March 2013
Date: Thursday 14 March 2013 Time: 19:15 Type: BD-5B – Powered by a Honda Civic engine producing 130hp Owner/operator: Private Registration: N30BA MSN: NBA-19 Engine model: Honda Civic Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 Gross Weight: 830lbs / 376kg Category: Accident Location: Mount Airy/Surry County Airport – KMWK, Mount Airy, Continue Reading
Builders Tips: Where’s the Beef?
Written by Scott Manning, September 1995: Beef doesn’t always have to weight a lot. Here are a couple of “beef-ups” that add significant strength without a large weight penalty. The first “beef-up” is along the FU62 bulkhead where the horizontal stabilator attaches. There have been documented cases of cracking and Continue Reading
BD5B N84EJ Guntersville, AL – 8th November 1992
Date: Sunday 8 November 1992 Time: 16:00 Type: BD-5B – Powered by Honda EB2 110hp engine Owner/operator: private Registration: N84EJ MSN: BD5-1939 Total airframe hrs: 111 hours Gross Weight: 710lbs / 322kg Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Category: Accident Location: Guntersville, AL – United States Continue Reading
BD5B N68DS Castroville, TX – 2nd May 1992
Date: Saturday 2 May 1992 Time: 20:15 Type: BD-5B – Honda EB3 (105hp) Owner/operator: Shewmaker, Darryl D. Registration: N68DS MSN: 14 Total airframe hrs: 1 hours Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Category: Accident Location: Castroville, TX – United States of America Phase: Landing Nature: Unknown Continue Reading
BD-5B N3DW Compton, CA – 4th April 1992
Date: Saturday 4 April 1992 Time: 13:08 Type: Owner/operator: private Registration: N3DW MSN: 1267 Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Category: Accident Location: Compton, CA – United States of America Phase: Take off Nature: Private Departure airport: Destination airport: Investigating agency: NTSB Narrative: The airplane’s Continue Reading