Crain Jac A BD-4 N215BD

Summary

On 19 February 2012 at about 19:20 local time, a Crain Jac A BD-4 registered N215BD was involved in an accident near Clarinda, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 February 2012 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Clarinda, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

40.7056, -95.0497

Aircraft

Crain Jac A BD-4

Registration

N215BD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Clarinda → Clarinda

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA167

1 person died.

A loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airplane and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

Global positioning system data indicated that the airplane had taken off about 41 minutes before the accident and had flown about 60 nautical miles. The last portion of the data indicated that the airplane was making a descending left turn toward the departure airport. The last recorded position was almost directly above the accident site; the airplane impacted a field in a near vertical attitude about 1.2 miles from the airport. Based on the last two recorded data positions, the airplane was in a 60 foot-per-minute rate of descent at 115 knots on a heading of 351 degrees. This data indicated that the airplane was well above the airplane’s stall speed and provided no explanation for the mishap. Postaccident examination of the airplane and its engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.