- Date
- October 14, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vicksburg, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N357LRLanny Rundell Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831014057739A
- Case key
- 6368
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on the landing roll, the acft was rolling straight down the centerline of the rwy when the plt felt a bump & rear of the acft dropped. At the same time, all directional control was lost & the rudder pedals went forward to the firewall. The acft started weathervaning into the x-wind & veered off the right side of the rwy. After leaving the rwy,it hit a low bank of soft dirt, then nosed over & flipped in the air & finally came to rest, right side up. An exam of the acft revealed that the fiberglass rod, used as a support & spring for the tailwheel, had failed. With it broken loose, there was no control of the rudder. No bumps were found on the rwy, but a crack was found where the 2 halves of asphalt pavement met at the centerline. The crack was slightly wider than the narrow tailwheel of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N357LR
- Reported as
- Lanny Rundell Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2323
- Airframe hours
- 31
- Engine
- Revmaster D2100Q, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William N. Tarver
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 23, 1983 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- VKS · Vicksburg Municipal, runway 1, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 43 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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