# Accident 20160513008819A: Elliot Seguin QUICKIE, Mojave, CA, May 13, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Mojave
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0589° N, 118.1506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0589&lon=-118.1506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68TQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68TQ-2019-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Elliot Seguin QUICKIE (registry code 05634U4, https://openairdocs.org/model/elliot-seguin-quickie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ELLIOT SEGUIN QUICKIE
- Reported engine: PBS VELKA BITES TJ40
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 1 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160513008819A

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED STRONG CROSSWINDS DURING LANDING, AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. ADDITIONALLY, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER DURING THE GO-AROUND, WHICH RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE SINGLE ENGINE CONDITION, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN TESTED ON THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR16LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA110), May 13, 2016: Seguin Quickie (N68TQ), Mojave, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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