- Date
- February 13, 1983, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N59JTJohn Tylenda Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830213003689A
- Case key
- 16010
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft lost power during takeoff at about 50 to 75 feet above the runway. The pilot stated that the engine RPM began to surge. The pilot said he did not believe enough runway remained for a landing on the airport so he maintained level flt in a shallow rt turn to land in a plowed farm field. The aircraft touched down and bounced. During the second touchdown the right wheel pant dug into the mud, tore off the canard and spun the acft 180 degrees to a stop. The pilot exited the acft unhurt. After about one minute of waiting the pilot returned to the acft to cut the switches. Investigation revealed that #2 cylinder ignition lead had slipped part way out of the coil. This reduced the firing voltage to the spark plug so that the engine was running intermittently on one cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59JT
- Reported as
- John Tylenda Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 474
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Onan B48M-GAD18, 22 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John R. Tylenda
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 1, 1982 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 48V · Erie, CO
- Airport
- 48V · Tri-County, runway 15, 5,280 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 1 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.