- Date
- May 13, 1983, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Asheboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3154ZCummings Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830513022639A
- Case key
- 6063
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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
This particular home built acft was equipped with an 'aileron reflexer.' This modification allowed the plt to change the faired setting of the ailerons, above or below the normal neutral position. Reportedly, this adjustment would affect the lift of the main wing & would load or unload the canard. The net effect of this was for the plt to be able to fine tune the acft's flt & landing attitude for various weight & CG conditions. While the plt/owner was waiting for his instructor (CFI), he made several hi speed taxi runs on the rwy. During these runs, he had positioned the reflexer full up. After completing the taxi runs, he returned to the ramp to meet the CFI, but left the reflexer in the up position. Both crew members reported that the acft lifted off prematurely & the plt overcontrolled during the climb. A witness stated that the acft climbed to 75 or 80 ft, then veered right & went into trees. With the reflexer full up, the trailing edge of the ailerons were aprx 6 deg above normal, providing minimum lift to the wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3154Z
- Reported as
- Cummings Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2136
- Airframe hours
- 22
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond E. Cummings, doing business as U R A Golf Course
- Registered owner
- Raymond E. Cummings
- Airport
- W44 · Asheboro, runway 3, 3,900 × 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 731 total · 15 in this make and model · 2,370 as pilot in command · 101 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.