- Date
- April 30, 1987, 07:54 local (12:54 UTC)
- Place
- Eau Claire, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3262PJohnson Quickie 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870430012789A
- Case key
- 13576
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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.
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land the experimental aircraft when he lost control and impacted on the rwy. This was the first time the pilot had flown this aircraft. The pilot stated the aircraft 'refused to flare properly.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3262P
- Reported as
- Johnson Quickie 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2456
- Airframe hours
- 70
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100D, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl M. Johnson
- Registered owner
- Carl M Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 14, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- EAU · Eau Claire County, runway 4, 7,300 × 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 319 total · 67 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 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.