In its preliminary report into the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board says the student on board was practicing single-engine emergency procedures.
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Jim Bede designed the BD-4 to exceed the Part 23 structural standards for Normal and Utility category aircraft, and at 1400 pounds gross weight, Acrobatic (with acro not recommended).