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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr QUESTAIR20 · Carefree, AZ · September 2, 2003

Date: September 2, 2003 · 05:50 local
Place: Carefree, AZ
Airport: Sky Ranch At Carefree Airport
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N29G
NTSB investigation: NTSBLAX03LA275
Reported as: Amtr QUESTAIR20
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2

N29GRegistration cancelled Feb 17, 2017 · Bacon Roger D QUESTAIR #20 VENTURES/N 39 Airframe modelBacon Roger D QUESTAIR #20 VENTURE Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On September 2, 2003, at 0550 mountain standard time, an experimental bacon questair #20 venture, N29G, struck a wall during a rejected landing and was destroyed in a post-impact fire at the sky ranch at Carefree (18AZ), Carefree, Arizona. The pilot/owner and one passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight that departed the albuquerque international sunport airport (abq), albuquerque, new Mexico, at 0302. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight had been filed. The pilot cancelled the IFR flight plan prior to reaching 18AZ.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2003, AT 0550 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL BACON QUESTAIR #20 VENTURE, N29G, STRUCK A WALL DURING A REJECTED LANDING AND WAS DESTROYED IN A POST-IMPACT FIRE AT THE SKY RANCH AT CAREFREE (18AZ), CAREFREE, ARIZONA. THE PILOT/OWNER AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT AIRPORT (ABQ), ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, AT 0302. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT CANCELLED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN PRIOR TO REACHING 18AZ.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX03LA275Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportCarefree, AZThe pilot's misjudgment of speed/distance and his failure to do a go-around. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and his delay aborting the landing.Sep 2, 2003 · Destroyed