- Date
- April 7, 1981
- Place
- Abernathy, TX · ABERNATHY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N34GDQuickie 01
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810407015019A
- Case key
- 126888
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0485 81/4/7 ABERNATHY,TX QUICKIE 01 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 61, 3000 TIME - 1155 N34GD PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABERNATHY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABERNATHY,TX ALLIANCE,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34GD
- Reported as
- Quickie 01
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Abernathy
N34GDRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Dirks George W QUICKIEAirframe modelDirks George W QUICKIE
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.