- Date
- May 5, 1990, 12:11 local (18:11 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Teresa, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N469QMichael C. Quigley Velocity
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900505013929A
- Case key
- 17791
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to maintain airspeed on final approach resulting in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent into the ground.
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 was doing high speed taxi in an experimental home built aircraft in which he was part owner and builder. He had no previous experience in the aircraft. While conducting a taxi test the aircraft became airborne and the pilot elected to fly the pattern. While on final approach the pilot lost control of the aircraft which impacted short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N469Q
- Reported as
- Michael C. Quigley Velocity
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- HQA-89V61-1
- Airframe hours
- 8
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Claude Michael V. Quigley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 29, 1988 · 8 hours before
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 311 total · 255 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP, 17 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.