- Date
- September 5, 1983, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Griffin, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N830RQuickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6189
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - rainFactor
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Analysis
The plt stated his airspeed was low on final & lift was lost on the canard due to the rain. He stated he had full aft stick trying to get the nose up, but couldn't. the acft landed hard, bounced several times hard & the canard broke.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N830R
- Reported as
- Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2421
- Airframe hours
- 17
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gowan, Ronald J.
- Departed
- 4A7 · Hampton, GA
- Airport
- 6A2 · Griffin Spalding County, runway 31, 3,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 22 in this make and model · 122 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None