- Date
- June 28, 1983, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Williston, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N916DAAleson Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830628030629A
- Case key
- 16167
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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 acft groundlooped and collided with a rwy light following an inadvertant takeoff and landing during what was supposed to be a high speed taxi test. During the landing roll the acft swerved to the left, departed the rwy and collided with a rwy light. This acft was a homebuilt constructed by the pilot and had accumulated no flt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N916DA
- Reported as
- Aleson Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2045
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100D, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Darrel J. Aleson
- Airport
- ISN · Sloulin Field Intl, runway 28, 6,041 × 100 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 460 total · 6 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.