# NTSB LAX05CA142: Rankin Quickie Q2, N8337F, Chino, CA, April 21, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 21, 2005, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Chino, CA - Coordinates: 33.974723, -117.636665 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9747&lon=-117.6367&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 7, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 61353 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX05CA142 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61353/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA142 ## Probable cause the pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind and his failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - runway light ## Analysis The airplane veered off the runway and collided with a runway light during landing. The pilot had landed his airplane in a crab with a left 20-degree 15-knot crosswind. He said his efforts at redirecting the airplane away from the light were not successful and the airplane collided with the runway light. The pilot had departed from the airport about 45 minutes before the accident. At the time of his departure, the wind was essentially the same as when the accident occurred. ## Factual narrative On April 21, 2005, about 1630 Pacific daylight time, a Rankin, Quickie Q2, N8337F, veered off runway 26L during landing at the Chino Airport, Chino, California. The experimental-homebuilt airplane collided with a runway light and was substantially damaged. The commercial certificated pilot was not injured. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight. The flight was performed under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and it originated from Chino about 1545. The pilot reported to the National Transportation Safety Board investigator that after departure he intended to fly to San Andreas, California. After flying for several minutes he observed that the quantity of fuel in the airplane's header tank was low. The pilot turned on the fuel transfer pump, but this action did not resolve the problem. Therefore, the pilot reversed his course and returned to Chino. The pilot indicated that he followed the air traffic controller's instructions, made a straight-in approach, and landed on the designated runway. The pilot further reported that his landing was very smooth, and he evidently touched down while in a crab. Seconds thereafter, the pilot observed his decreasing proximity to a runway light on his left side. The pilot attempted to redirect the airplane away from the light, but his action was inadequate. Upon impacting the light, the pilot lost control of the airplane, and it spun around coming to rest on the runway pointed in the opposite direction. Chino's reported weather at 1630 was, in part, as follows: wind from 240 degrees at 15 knots; visibility 8 miles; and sky clear. At 1530, about 15 minutes before the pilot departed on the accident flight, the airport's wind was reported from 240 degrees at 14 knots. Chino's runway 26L is 7,000 feet long and 150 feet wide. The pilot said the original builder deregistered the airplane in February 1994. The pilot purchased the airplane in September 2004, but had not yet registered it with the FAA. ## Aircraft - Registration: N8337F (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Rankin Quickie Q2 - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 1983 - Engines: Revmaster 2100D reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: James L. Postma - Registered owner: Aircraft Not Registered - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: CNO, Chino, CA - Destination: 0O3, SAN ANDREAS, CA - Airport: CNO, Chino, runway 26L, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 70; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 783 total, 90 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 15 knots - Visibility: 8 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: CNO 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. 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