# NTSB ATL84LA018: Lanny Rundell Quickie Q2, N357LR, Vicksburg, MS, October 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 14, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Vicksburg, MS
- Coordinates: 32.319789, -90.869819 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3198&lon=-90.8698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6368/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA018

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Tail gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,tailwheel assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,tailwheel assembly - overload
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LANNY RUNDELL QUICKIE Q2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2323
- Airframe hours: 31
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 56; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831014057739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014057739A), Oct 14, 1983: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Vicksburg, MS, Destroyed. During landing roll tail wheel caught in crack in runway causing cables controlling rudder to break.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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