- Date
- December 15, 1985, 14:52 local (20:52 UTC)
- Place
- Beeville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N220WAAdams William C Quickie Q1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851215062049A
- Case key
- 21961
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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
The acft crashed during a forced lndg after a power loss at 200 ft AGL during takeoff. The acft crashed on the arpt in a run-up area adjacent to the rwy. The only discrepancy noted during post acc exam was a very weak spark produced by the battery coil ignition system. 17 mos had elapsed since the acft had an annual inspection
Aircraft
- Registration
- N220WA
- Reported as
- Adams William C Quickie Q1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 528
- Airframe hours
- 135
- Engine
- Onan B-48M-GA-018, 23 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Andy B. Adams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1984 · 71 hours before
- Destination
- Unk
- Airport
- 3RO · Beeville Municipal
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 92 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 9° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NIR, 7 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.