CHI86FEE03

NTSB accident investigation · Beaupre Elfering Quickie · Waukegan, IL · May 12, 1986

Accident · No injuriesFinal report
Date
May 12, 1986, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
Place
Waukegan, IL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
N134BEBeaupre Elfering Quickie
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19860512017009A
Case key
13288

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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 powerManeuvering
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landingDescent - emergency
Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown

Analysis

The acft crash landed in a cultivated part of the arpt after the eng quit during takeoffs & landings. The acft climbed to about 400 ft AGL and started a turn when the eng stopped. The acft was glided to an alfalfa field on the arpt. The acft was damaged during landing.

Aircraft

Registration
N134BE
Reported as
Beaupre Elfering Quickie
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Serial number
134
Airframe hours
14
Engine
Onan B48M-6A018, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Part 91
Registered owner
Robert W. Beaupre
Airworthiness certificate
Special, Experimental (Special)
Last inspection
Unknown · September 26, 1985 · 14 hours before
Airport
UGN · Waukegan, runway 5, 4,600 × 150 ft, dirt

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
58
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Center
Flight hours
136 total · 14 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
80° at 10 knots
Visibility
7 statute miles
Temperature
66 °F, dew point 50 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
DPA, 1 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.