# NTSB LAX91DUQ01: Virgil D. Hawks Quickie, N13VD, Camarillo, CA, January 12, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 12, 1991, 09:19 local (17:19 UTC)
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Coordinates: 34.229789, -119.070709 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2298&lon=-119.0707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26955
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX91DUQ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26955/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91DUQ01

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S ENCOUNTER WITH WAKE TURBULENCE AND HIS INFLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL BY HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT LANDING DISTANCE FROM A LARGER AIRCRAFT PRECEDING HIS AIRCRAFT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF THE HOMEBUILT STATED HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH BEHIND A LANDING T-6 AIRCRAFT. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND HE ENCOUNTERED THE WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE T-6. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND DESCENDED INTO THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13VD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13VD-1991-02-19), registration cancelled 1991-02-19, S/N 554 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VIRGIL D. HAWKS QUICKIE
- Registry model: [Hawks Virgil D QUICKIE](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawks-virgil-d-quickie) (registry code 05645WJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 554
- Airframe hours: 200
- Engines: ROTAX ROTAX 503 46 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Virgil D. Hawks
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 24, 1990, 13 hours before
- Airport: CMA, Camarillo, runway 26, 6,010 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 320 total, 200 in this make and model, 289 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CMA, 1 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 19910112000359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910112000359A), Jan 12, 1991: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Camarillo, CA, Substantial damage. Too close to a landing north American T-6. Lost control and impacted hard on end of runway.

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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