- Date
- May 11, 1993, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Glencoe, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5589NMiller Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930511013329A
- Case key
- 15570
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Probable cause
The disconnection of the ignition switch wiring.
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 stated he returned to the departure airport after a local flight, intending to practice a touch and go landing. He reported he '...landed, rolled out to midway of airstrip, reapplied power and rotated. At approximately 100 feet the engine stopped.' The pilot made a forced landing in a wet field. The homebuilt airplane nosed over during the landing roll. Post accident examination revealed the ignition switch wiring separated at one of the splices. The wire exhibited no evidence of being crimped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5589N
- Reported as
- Miller Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 388
- Airframe hours
- 29
- Engine
- Kawasaki 440 TA, 38 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miller, Karl F.
- Registered owner
- Miller, Karl F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 29 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HCD, 14 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.