# Accident 20191027021959A: Higgins John H/Williams John D QUESTAIR VENT MDL 20, Port Orange, FL, October 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2019, 11:53 local time
- Place: Port Orange, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0803° N, 81.0467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0803&lon=-81.0467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35HW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35HW-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Higgins John H/Williams John D QUESTAIR VENT MDL 20 (registry code 056375A, https://openairdocs.org/model/higgins-john-h-williams-john-d-questair-vent-mdl-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HIGGINS JOHN H/WILLIAMS JOHN D QUESTAIR VENT MDL 20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191027021959A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNSTABLE APPROACH WITH AN EXCESSIVE DECENT RATE, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO HIT RUNWAY HARD, BOUNCING UP AND KNIFE EDGING CLIPPING A PALM TREE THEN CRASHING TO THE GROUND INTO A BALL OF FLAMES. PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH BROKEN PELVIS AND OTHER FRACTURES. PASSENGER NOT HURT. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.

## 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 GAA20CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA088), Oct 27, 2019: Higgins John H/Williams John D Questair Venture (N35HW), Daytona Beach, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's unstabilized approach, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, loss of directional control, and impact with a tree and then terrain.

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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