# NTSB LAX82FUJ26: Beachner Quick Silver, N824CB, Kingman, AZ, January 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1982, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Kingman, AZ
- Coordinates: 35.23954, -113.75949 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2395&lon=-113.7595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71270
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FUJ26
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71270/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ26

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - engine assembly,bearing - overtemperature (cause)
  - fluid,oil - contamination (cause)
  - maintenance,overhaul - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,oil - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER CLIMBING UP TO PATTERN ALTITUDE THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT MADE A TURN BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT WHILE TRYING TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT HAD TO LAND IN AN OLD B-17 PARKING AREA. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE AND DITCH DURING ROLLOUT AND NOSED OVER. ENGINE DISASSEMBLY RE VEALED THAT THE MAIN AND CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS SHOWED EVIDENCE OF OIL STARVATION. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE DRILLED OIL PASSAGES WERE PLUGGED WITH A GRITTY MATERIAL IDENTIFIED BY THE OWNER AS MACHINE SHOP GLASS BEAD GRIT THAT HAD BEEN USED BY THE OWNER DURING OVERHAUL FOR CLEANING SOME ENGINE PARTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N824CB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEACHNER QUICK SILVER (QUICK SILV)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 824491
- Airframe hours: 250
- Engines: BUICK V8-215 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Chris Beachner
- Registered owner: Chris Beachner
- Departed: IGM, KINGMAN, AZ
- Destination: IGM, KINGMAN, AZ
- Airport: IGM, Mojane, runway 16, 5,000 × 0 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,380 total, 250 in this make and model, 1,350 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 131 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820119001299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820119001299A), Jan 19, 1982: Amtr QUICKSILVER, Kingman, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit after takeoff. Landed in parking lot, overturned. Particles engine cleaning beads blocked oil holes. .

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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