- Date
- September 27, 1989, 19:00 local (Sep 28, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeinthehills, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N525LHHowe Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890927037029A
- Case key
- 14187
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane during a bounced landing. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's evasive maneuver to avoid rolling into a stone quarry.
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
During landing the aircraft bounced several times before running off the runway. Pilot stated he applied both brakes hard to avoid a stone quarry off taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N525LH
- Reported as
- Howe Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2324
- Airframe hours
- 91
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100DQ, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward P. Howe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1988 · 91 hours before
- Airport
- 3CK · Lake In The Hills, runway 8, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 380 total · 91 in this make and model · 43 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 18 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.