- Date
- June 20, 1986, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ardmore, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4410WQuick Silver Mxii
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860620026949A
- Case key
- 21940
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,bearing - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The acft landed short of the rwy after losing eng pwr during the apch. Post acc inspection showed that the bearing on the pwr shaft failed. This allowed the belt tension to become slack which reduced the prop RPM. No other discrepancies were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4410W
- Reported as
- Quick Silver Mxii
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1455
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 48 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn G. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1985 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- runway 20, 1,800 × 11 ft
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 503 total · 115 in this make and model · 464 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.