- Date
- August 10, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Youngstown, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N336RMQuickie Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820810040539A
- Case key
- 73110
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff, the home built aircraft struck the tops of trees near the departure end of the 3300 ft runway. The pilot stated that the aircraft climbed very slowly and was barely able to climb at a greater rate than the upslope of the runway. The elevation of the airport was 1057 ft and the reported temperature was 70 deg. The aircraft was equipped with an 18 HP onan engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N336RM
- Reported as
- Quickie Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 23
- Airframe hours
- 18
- Engine
- Onan INDUSTRIAL, 18 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Mcfarland
- Registered owner
- Robert Mcfarland
- Departed
- D4G · Youngstown, OH
- Destination
- Camp Hill, PA
- Airport
- D4G · Lansdown, runway 2, 3,300 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,085 total · 18 in this make and model · 2,951 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N336RM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.