2020年5月20日 · The Aviation Safety Institute database shows a total of 25 fatal BD-5 crashes—12-15 percent of all BD-5s that ever flew. Many occurred on the first flight of newly finished aircraft, with engine failures and subsequent stalls a common thread.

Several crashes in the BD-5B were found to have taken place due to engine failure on takeoff, both due to the mix of "oddball" engines as well as endemic cooling problems. [25] The reason this is such an issue with the BD-5 is twofold – the high line of thrust means an engine failure immediately results in an unexpected (for most pilots) nose ...

2013年5月7日 · A Red Bull Bede BD-5J single-seater microjet crashed during an attempted forced landing near Innsbruck, Austria, on May 1, killing Flying Bulls pilot Guido Gehrmann. According to a team statement,...

On October 8, 2019, about 1229 Pacific daylight time, an amateur built experimental Bede BD-5, airplane, N501BD, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain about 3/4 mile south of the Camarillo Airport (CMA) Camarillo, California. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured.

2020年7月18日 · Through the years, BD-5 became more recognized for its fatal crashes, not for being the aircraft star of the James Bond movie. The engine failure downed the BD-5J single-seater and killed a Flying Bulls pilot in 2013.

2019年10月9日 · Engine disassembly revealed that the engine's oil galleys and the No. 4 connecting rod journal's oil galley were not obstructed. The section of the rod end cap with the bearing tang insert had mechanical damage consistent with bearing shift.

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE PILOT PERFORM A 'SPLIT S' MANEUVER, DURING WHICH TIME THE EXPERIMENTAL MICRO JET WAS ROLLED INVERTED TO A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED FROM THE ENTRY PORTION OF THE MANEUVER IN A WINGS LEVEL DIVE TO ABOUT A 60 TO 70 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE UNTIL COLLIDING WITH THE GROUND.

2024年12月20日 · The crash of a BD-5 on Saturday 25 July, that resulted in the death of its experienced pilot, Howard Cox, may have resulted from an onboard fire. Cox, who was planning an appearance in his BD-5 at the Foynes Air Show in Limerick on Sunday 26th, kept the aircraft, the only one that was currently flying in Europe, at Waterford Aero Club in ...

during a touch-and-go landing, the pilot, who had only five hours experience in this make and model aircraft, allowed the airspeed to get low. due to the low airspeed, the aircraft droppe...

2013年2月6日 · We solicited the help of Paul Saltzman in Indiana. Paul had completed his BD-5 and had about 5 hours on it when he decided to switch engines. On the first flight with the different engine, he experienced power failure soon after takeoff and lost …