- Date
- August 5, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Grantsburg, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- CGUERArnold Forest Quickie 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12726
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Fluid,oil - pressure too lowCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The acft made one forced landing after engine trouble. The plt cleaned the fuel filters and took off for a test flt. The engine failed during takeoff. Post accident inspection of the engine showed it would run but the oil pressure was very low.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGUER
- Reported as
- Arnold Forest Quickie 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 037
- Airframe hours
- 110
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arnold Forest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Grantsburg
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,759 total · 105 in this make and model · 2,039 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 75 nm away