# NTSB CHI86FEE03: Beaupre Elfering Quickie, N134BE, Waukegan, IL, May 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1986, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place: Waukegan, IL
- Coordinates: 42.229816, -87.850524 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2298&lon=-87.8505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13288
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEE03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13288/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEE03

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N134BE-2012-10-11), registration cancelled 2012-10-11, S/N 134, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEAUPRE ELFERING QUICKIE
- Registry model: [Beaupre Elfering QUICKIE](https://openairdocs.org/model/beaupre-elfering-quickie) (registry code 0564543) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Onan ALL MDLS A/B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/onan-all-mdls-a-b) (registry code 47850, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 134
- Airframe hours: 14
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860512017009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860512017009A), May 12, 1986: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Waukegan, IL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Impacted in a field on the forced landing. The carburetor float was distorted.

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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