- Date
- August 3, 1985, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Clinton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N335RMMcfarland Quickie 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850803061679A
- Case key
- 13179
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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 control - on ground/water
Parking brakes - inadvertent useCause
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot failed to release the parking brakes before landing after setting the brakes while enroute. The acft swerved off the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N335RM
- Reported as
- Mcfarland Quickie 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2061
- Airframe hours
- 245
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100DQ, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert F. Mcfarland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- PCW · Port Clinton, OH
- Airport
- PCW · Keller Field, runway 8, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
N335RMRegistration cancelled Nov 26, 2014 · Mcfarland Robert F QUICKIE 2Airframe modelMcfarland Robert F QUICKIE 2Engine modelRevmaster 2100
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 240 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- TOL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N335RM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.