# NTSB LAX85LA134: Milentz Quickie 02, N3258P, Camarillo, CA, February 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 6, 1985, 12:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Coordinates: 34.230216, -119.06977 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2302&lon=-119.0698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24647
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA134
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24647/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA134

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (cause)

## Analysis

ON A LOCAL TEST FLT FOR THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT ACFT, PLT EXPERIENCED AN ON GROUND LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND CARTWHEELED AFTER ENCOUNTERIMG PLOWED FURROW. PLTSTATED THAT THE TAKEOFF ROLL WAS NORMAL UNTIL ACHIEVING ABOUT 65 KNOTS WHEN THE ACFT TAIL UNEXPECTEDLY ROSE OFF THE GROUND. AFT PITCH CONTROL INPUT RESULTED IN THE ACFT NOSE LEAVING THE GROUND. ACFT 'BOUNCED' ONCE OFF THE RUNWAY AND PLT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE. ACFT THEN 'PILED IN AGAIN,' AFTER WHICH IT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, ENCOUNTERED A SERIES OF PLOWED FURROWS AND 'CARTWHEELED MULTIPLE TIMES.' PLT SAID THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3258P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MILENTZ QUICKIE 02
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2047
- Airframe hours: 31
- Engines: Revmaster 1 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kenneth A. Milentz
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 11, 1984, 26 hours before
- Airport: CMA, Camarillo, runway 26, 6,020 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 585 total, 26 in this make and model, 505 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 16 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OXR, 6 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 19850206021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850206021549A), Feb 6, 1985: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Camarillo, CA, Destroyed. Lost control during takeoff roll. Departed side of runway after bounces and cartwheeled. No mechanical malfunctions

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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