- Date
- July 28, 1983, 13:43 local (18:43 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N812WBQuickie Q-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830728035929A
- Case key
- 12359
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during an en route stop, the acft landed hard, then bounced & was damaged in the area of the tailwheel. Reportedly, the tailwheel spring separated, the rudder pedals flopped forward & control of the rudder was lost. Subsequently, the acft ground looped to the left, went off the rwy & the left canard was broken when it hit a clump of dirt. According to the plt, the canard had lost efficiency due to encountering bugs in flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N812WB
- Reported as
- Quickie Q-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2535
- Airframe hours
- 30
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- N812wb,Inc
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Port Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MDW · Chicago-Midway, runway 22L, 6,102 × 175 ft, concrete
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 630 total · 30 in this make and model · 560 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 23,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.