# NTSB CHI85FEK02: Unknown Quickie, N4253F, Wren, OH, August 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1985, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Wren, OH
- Coordinates: 40.799877, -84.770744 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7999&lon=-84.7707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12882
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85FEK02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12882/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FEK02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

ON AUGUST 17,1985 AT ABOUT 1442 EDT, A Q2 QUICKIE (HOMEBUILT) N4253F, REGISTERED TO GARY A. MOSER AND FLOWN BY KEITH W. MOSER CRASHED WHILE PERFORMING MANEUVERS 1/2 MILE SOUTHEAST OF WREN, OHIO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE VAN WERT AIRPORT, VAN WERT, OHIO, ON AUGUST 17,1985 AT ABOUT 1415 EDT. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING VERY LOW.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4253F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: UNKNOWN QUICKIE
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: GM290681
- Engines: ONAN UNKNOWN ENG 18 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Keith Webb Moser
- Registered owner: Gary A. Moser
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, August 6, 1985
- Departed: AOH, LIMA, OH
- Destination: VNW, VAN WERT, OH
- Airport: VNW, Van Wert Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: center; flight hours: 55 total, 4 in this make and model, 35 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: FDY, 52 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850817064219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850817064219A), Aug 17, 1985: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Wren, OH, Destroyed. After low pass, turn was made to avoid trees. Aircraft stalled and impacted trees.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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