- Date
- August 9, 1983, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Decatur, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7QAQuickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830809042419A
- Case key
- 12304
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a hard landing and broke the front canard after bouncing on touchdown and dragging the left wing. The pilot had been informed by the tower that black smoke was coming out of the engine. This turned out to be from an excessively rich mixture. The pilot later stated that he was nervous plus this was his first landing in this acft. He further stated that he could not seem to get the proper acftattitude for landing. The pilot was not injured during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7QA
- Reported as
- Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- N7QA
- Engine
- DQ 2100, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. J. Lacy/Craig S. Johner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 19, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- DEC · Decatur, runway 6, 6,497 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 230 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.