- Date
- December 11, 1991, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carmi, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1VQuickie Quickie 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911211055629A
- Case key
- 15251
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
An engine bearing seizure and a premature forced landing flare.
Analysis
A private pilot on a trial flight in a newly acquired airplane noticed a vibration and decided to land. The engine seized enroute to home field, and the pilot attempted a landing in an open field. Witnesses described a high flare for the forced landing, a stall and a nose down impact. The rear crankshaft bearing was found seized during engine teardown. The engine had run 30 hours since overhaul four and one half years earlier.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1V
- Reported as
- Quickie Quickie 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 236
- Airframe hours
- 586
- Engine
- Onan B48M-GA018, 18 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Everett T. Starnes
- Registered owner
- Everett T. Starnes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 25, 1991 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- CUL · Carmi
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 4 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV, 20 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.