# NTSB LAX83LA443: Fueslein Quickie, N19Q, San Andreas, CA, September 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1983, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: San Andreas, CA
- Coordinates: 38.200565, -120.620384 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2006&lon=-120.6204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23856
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA443
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23856/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA443

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE HOME BUILT ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A KAWASAKI TA-440A ENG & AN UNSPECIFIED PROPELLER, BOTH OF WHICH WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE ORIGINAL PLANS CALLED FOR. THE PLT STATED THAT ON THE 1ST TEST FLT WITH THE NEW ENG & PROP COMBINATION, THE ENG RPM & THRUST WOULD NOT INCREASE SUFFICIENTLY TO CLIMB, EVEN THOUGH THE ENG HAD A HIGHER HORSE POWER RATING THAN THE ONE THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR THIS PLANE. HE TURNED AROUND & TRIED TO LAND BACK ON THE ARPT. HOWEVER, THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT & CONTACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED ON ROCKY TERRAIN. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 220 DEG AT 5 GUSTING 10 KTS. ALSO, HE STATED THAT THE TEMP WAS 94 DEG, THE DENSITY ALT WAS ABOUT 4000 FT & THAT HE SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING TO FLY THE TEST FLT WHEN THE AIR WAS COOL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19Q-2013-08-07), registration cancelled 2013-08-07, S/N 0019, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FUESLEIN QUICKIE
- Registry model: [Fueslein-Farrell QUICKIE](https://openairdocs.org/model/fueslein-farrell-quickie) (registry code 0564564) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Kawasaki ALL MDLS A/B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/kawasaki-all-mdls-a-b) (registry code 35500, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 019
- Airframe hours: 111
- Engines: KAWASAKI TA-440A 38 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerome L. Fueslein
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, July 22, 1983, 2 hours before
- Airport: 003, Calvaveras Co., runway 13, 3,600 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 516 total, 111 in this make and model, 454 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SCK, 32 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830918049379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830918049379A), Sep 18, 1983: Amtrqk QUICKIE, San Andreas, CA, Substantial damage. Unable to climb after takeoff. Crash landed short of runway on return. Had installed non-approved engine and prop.

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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