# Accident 20030427007379A: Amtr Q200, Henderson, KY, April 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2003, 19:00 local time
- Place: Henderson, KY
- Airport: Henderson City-County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8078° N, 87.6856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8078&lon=-87.6856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1V-2003-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Starnes Everett T QUICKIE Q-200 (registry code 05614C4, https://openairdocs.org/model/starnes-everett-t-quickie-q-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR Q200
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 256 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030427007379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT, BUD STARNES WAS MAKING HIS FIRST FLIGHT ON APRIL 27, 2003. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A QUICKIE Q200 WHICH HE HAD BUILT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ISSUED AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE ON NOVEMBER 14, 2002 BY A LOCAL DAR. MR. STARNES CONDUCTED SEVERAL HOURS OF TAXIING CHECKS BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE FIRST FLIGHT. MR. STARNES TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 9 AT HENDERSON AIRPORT, EHR. ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT OBTAINED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF ALTITUDE AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND. AT THE FIRST CONTACT POINT THE PROP CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TOOK TO THE AIR AGAIN FOR A SHORT DISTANCE AND THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND HARD. AT THE SECOND CONTACT POINT THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED TO THE LEFT OF CENTER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED UP ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN OVER ONTO THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SLID TO A STOP INVERTED AND CAUGHT FIRE.

## 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 NYC03LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA090), Apr 27, 2003: Starnes Quickie Q-200 (N1V), Henderson, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain directional control, after experiencing an in-flight loss of control 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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