# NTSB ERA24LA093: Quest Kodiak 100, N5799, Lakeport, FL, January 19, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: January 19, 2024, 17:13 local (22:13 UTC)
- Place: Lakeport, FL
- Coordinates: 27, -81 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0000&lon=-81.0000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193689/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193689
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA093

## Probable cause

The improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent noseover.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Quest KODIAK 100, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=7320001), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Quest KODIAK 100, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7320001), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Quest KODIAK 100, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=7320001), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338); cases with it: [Quest KODIAK 100, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md?model=7320001), [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Quest KODIAK 100, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=7320001), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported, “upon touchdown, the plane jumped back up as I reduced power all the way back.” He said that the airplane bounced twice on the grass runway, resulting in the nose wheel separating from the airplane. Subsequently, the nose landing gear strut dug into the ground, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane’s fuselage, wings, and empennage were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5799](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5799), registered now, S/N 100-0277, built 2019 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUEST AIRCRAFT CO INC KODIAK 100
- Registry model: [Quest KODIAK 100](https://openairdocs.org/model/quest-kodiak-100) (registry code 7320005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34-series) (registry code 52250, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 100-0277
- Year built: 2019
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 750 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: FA18, La Belle, FL
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: Pvt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: KSEF, 3 nm away
- METAR: KSEF 192035Z AUTO 30009KT 10SM SCT030 SCT038 25/18 A3000 RMK AO2 T02460178

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20240119000919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240119000919A), Jan 19, 2024: Quest Aircraft Co Inc KODIAK 100, Sebring, FL, Destroyed. The pilot appeared to have landed "fast and hard" on his private grass runway and the aircraft's front wheel detached/broke from the landing gear strut causing…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 30, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193689. 2.8 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16814505&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20LA093_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Mfr FAA inspector's statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16814070&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MFR%20FAA%20Statement%20LA093-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 606 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16813569&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos%20LA093-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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