- Date
- September 17, 1994, 14:43 local (21:43 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N813SQuickie-Myers Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940917048199A
- Case key
- 28872
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard touchdown and buckling of the canard.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot indicated that during landing flare the nose dropped, which resulted in a hard landing. The aircraft skidded down the runway but was steerable with the tail wheel. An examination of the airplane revealed the right canard structure had buckled at midspan. The pilot also reported that no mechanical malfunctions or failures occurred during the accident flight.
Factual narrative
On September 17, 1994, at 1443 Pacific daylight time, a Quickie-Myers, Q2, N813S, operated by the pilot, made a hard landing on runway 16R at the Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, California. The home built airplane was substantially damaged, and neither the private pilot nor passenger was injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the personal flight which originated from Van Nuys at 1330.
In the pilot's completed "Aircraft Accident Report," NTSB Form 6120.1, he indicated that during landing flare the nose dropped and the airplane landed hard. The airplane did not bounce. It skidded down the runway and was steerable with the tail wheel. An examination of the airplane revealed the right canard structure had buckled at midspan. The pilot also reported that no mechanical malfunctions or failures occurred during the accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N813S
- Reported as
- Quickie-Myers Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2087
- Airframe hours
- 190
- Engine
- Revmaster DQ2100, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eugene M. Kruse, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Juno 36 Trust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 16, 1994 · 28 hours before
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16R, 8,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 190 in this make and model · 4,380 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N813S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.