# Incident 20150817015329I: Quest Aircraft Company LLC KODIAK 100, Page, AZ, August 17, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2015, 09:30 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OW6A
- Location: 36.9261° N, 111.4483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9261&lon=-111.4483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771RT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N771RT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quest KODIAK 100 (registry code 7320001, https://openairdocs.org/model/quest-kodiak-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 series (registry code 52143, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUEST AIRCRAFT COMPANY LLC KODIAK 100
- Reported engine: P & W PT6A-34
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,639 total, 128 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15IA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15IA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150817015329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL BY SELECTING HIGH IDLE FOR THE ENGINE AND UPON INITIATING THROTTLE MOVEMENT TO INCREASE POWER PILOT STATED THAT THE PILOT'S SEAT MOVED TO THE FULL AFT POSITION. HE THEN WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RUDDER PEDDLES FOR GROUND STEERING AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED LEFT INTO SOFT SAND AND IMPACTED A FENCE WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING STRUT, LEFT LANDING GEAR, AND PROP.

## 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 WPR15IA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15IA244), Aug 17, 2015: Quest Kodiac 100 (N771RT), Page, AZ, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent failure to engage the seat in the locked position before takeoff, which resulted in the seat sliding back during the takeoff roll and a subsequent loss of directional control.…

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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