# Accident 20000429005939A: Amtr QUESTAIRVENT, Delano, CA, April 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Delano, CA
- Airport: Delano Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7809° N, 119.2303° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7809&lon=-119.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9QV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9QV-2000-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cone Benjamin JR QUESTAIR VENTURE (registry code 05616MA, https://openairdocs.org/model/cone-benjamin-jr-questair-venture) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR QUESTAIRVENT
- Reported engine: CONT IO550G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 646 total, 234 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000429005939A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)ON APRIL 29, 2000, AT 1300 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CONE QUESTAIR VENTURE, N9QV, NOSED OVER INVERTED AFTER LANDING AT THE DELANO MUNI AIRPORT, DELANO, CALIFORNIA. THE EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE, OPERATED BY THE OWNER UNDER THE PROVISION OF 14 CFR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SANTA MONICA MUNI AIRPORT, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, AT 1200, AND WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT THE ACCIDENT AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRPLANE VIOLENTLY VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE RIGHT WHEEL HITTING A CONCRETE STORM DRAIN CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE ATTACHMENT FOR THE NOSE GEAR YOKE WAS LATER FOUND BROKEN OFF. (-23)AFTER THE PILOT THOUGHT WAS A NORMAL LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ALL OF A SUDDEN VEERED TO THE LEFT AND ENTERED A PRONOUNCED SKID TO THE LEFT.  THE PILO                                                                  T WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE SKID UNTIL JUST BEFORE LEAVING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON INTO THE GRASS UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND ENDED UP INVERTED WITH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER TRAPPED INSIDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA179), Apr 29, 2000: Cone Questair Venture (N9QV), Delano, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of directional control during landing for undetermined reasons.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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