- Date
- May 4, 1985, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Opelousas, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N79QDDempsey Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850504019229A
- Case key
- 21743
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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
During preflight, the plt estimated that he had about 2.5 hrs of fuel according to the gage. After 1.5 hrs of flt, the eng quit in cruise flt due to fuel exhaustion. The acft nosed over during the subsequent forced landing in a fld.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79QD
- Reported as
- Dempsey Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 279
- Airframe hours
- 68
- Engine
- Onan 22, 22 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Y. Dempsey, Jr.
- Registered owner
- John Y. Dempsey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1985 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- OPL · St. Landry
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,471 total · 68 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT, 15 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.