- Date
- January 10, 1982, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N234QQuickie 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820110000379A
- Case key
- 72897
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot took off on an upward sloping runway towards rising terrain. The pilot stated that he was unable to maintain enough speed to clear obstacles with the 22 horsepower engine. He elected to land on a residential street. While maneuvering around a street light pole, the plane struck a street curb and a fence. The density altitude as about 2400 ft. there was light rain at the time of the accident. A discussion with the pilot and the manufacturer indicated that water drops on the canard may disturb its airflow and make the aircraft nose heavy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234Q
- Reported as
- Quickie 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 35
- Airframe hours
- 48
- Engine
- Onan DD 13, 22 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Howard Meissner
- Registered owner
- Howard Meissner
- Departed
- Upland, CA
- Destination
- Upland, CA
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,553 total · 2,389 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.