- Date
- April 13, 1980
- Place
- Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N123RFRutan/Fshr Quicke
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800413009359A
- Case key
- 130806
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1007 80/4/13 MELBOURNE,FL RUTAN/FSHR QUICKE CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 54, 312 TIME - 0804 N123RF PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELBOURNE RGNL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELBOURNE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL DIAPHRAM STRETCHED,UNABLE SUPPORT ENG FUEL SUPPLY & PRESSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123RF
- Reported as
- Rutan/Fshr Quicke
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Melbourne Rgnl
N123RFRegistration cancelled Jun 23, 1980 · Fischer Robert L QUICKIEAirframe modelFischer Robert L QUICKIE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.