- Date
- November 13, 1985, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Paris, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4974AGary E. Wilson Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851113057089A
- Case key
- 7036
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Analysis
The plt had completed several high speed taxi runs in the homebuilt acft prior to the attempted flt. The acft climbed to about 50-100 ft and reached a speed of apprx 65 mph. It would not accelerate nor climb any further. The plt attempted a turn back to the arpt and the acft began to lose altitude. The plt attempted a forced landing off the arpt. The acft hit a fence and cartwheeled. The plt reported that the engine had not developed full RPM during the takeoff and that part of the cowling was not installed for this flight.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4974A
- Reported as
- Gary E. Wilson Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 363-2
- Engine
- Wedtech SP 440, 38 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary E. Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 15, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- PHT · Paris-Henry County, runway 20, 5,000 × 75 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 40 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOP, 48 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.