- Date
- September 3, 1984, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Appleton, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N683SCUngerecht Q-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840903073729A
- Case key
- 12766
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After takeoff on the third flight of the new homebuilt aircraft the pilot smelled 'something hot' and noted a high cylinder head temp. During the subsequent precautionary landing the plt flared the acft 3-4 ft above the rwy resulting in a hard landing and damage to the left canard. No mechanical malfunctions were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N683SC
- Reported as
- Ungerecht Q-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2459
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lyle Ungerecht
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Appleton, WI
- Airport
- ATW · Outagamie Co., runway 29, 5,201 × 150 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 229 total · 1 in this make and model · 169 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.