# NTSB ATL06CA009: Swing Brian S Quickie Q2, N1711Q, Beaufort, SC, October 29, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 29, 2005, 10:38 local (14:38 UTC) - Place: Beaufort, SC - Coordinates: 32.407222, -80.634445 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4072&lon=-80.6344&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report January 31, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Columbia FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 62744 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA009 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62744/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA009 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - airport sign/marker - Nose over, landing - roll ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1711Q), registered now, S/N 2229, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Swing Brian S Quickie Q2 - Registry model: [Swing Brian S QUICKIE Q2](https://openairdocs.org/model/swing-brian-s-quickie-q2) (registry code 05645KG) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 2229 - Airframe hours: 700 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: minor; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20051029026639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051029026639A), Oct 29, 2005: Amtr Q200, Beaufort, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 29, 2005 at approximately 1038 am, a quickie Q2, (experimental aircraft), N1711Q on landing at the Beaufort County Airport, Beaufort SC, 73J,… From the NTSB's public API. 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