- Date
- October 29, 2005, 10:38 local (14:38 UTC)
- Place
- Beaufort, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1711QSwing Brian S Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Columbia FSDO
- FAA report
- 20051029026639A
- Case key
- 62744
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll which resulted in a collision with an object.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, during the landing flare the airplane landed "hard". The pilot loss directional control and veered off the left side of runway 7 approximately 500 feet down from the approach end of runway 7, and collided with the precision approach position indicator lights. The airplane nosed over and rested inverted. Examination of the airplane revealed the fuselage was buckled and the empennage separated from the airframe. The left wing assembly was crush damaged. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On October 29, 2005 at 1038 eastern daylight time, a Swing Brian S, N1711Q registered to and operated by a private owner, collided with a airport sign during landing roll at Beaufort County Airport in Beaufort, South Carolina. The flight operated under provision of Title 14 CFR Part 91, personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and a flight plan was not filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Beaufort County Airport on October 29, 2005 at 1000.
According to the pilot, during the landing flare the airplane landed "hard". The pilot further stated that the airplane went off the left side of runway 7 approximately 500 feet down from the approach end of runway 7, and collided with the precision approach position indicator lights. The airplane nosed over and rested inverted. Examination of the airplane revealed the fuselage was buckled and the empennage separated from the airframe. The left wing assembly sustained crush damage. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1711Q
- Reported as
- Swing Brian S Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2229
- Airframe hours
- 700
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry Scarfe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 2004 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 73J · Beaufort, SC
- Destination
- 73J · Beaufort, SC
- Airport
- 73J · Beaufort County, runway 7, 3,434 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2005
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,470 total · 250 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.29 inHg
- Observed at
- KNBC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.