- Date
- April 12, 1983, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N212ESSpencer Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830412015369A
- Case key
- 30872
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,carburetor - erraticCause
Throttle/power control - improper use ofCause
Procedures/directives - improperCause
Forced landing
Undershoot
Main gear collapsed
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft was on its first test flt since being built. After about 40 min of flt, the acft returned to land. On final the plt added power to check the sink rate but there was no response. The acft landed short of the rwy tearing the gear off. The plt attributes the eng failure to carburetor adjustment. The mixture is not controlled from the cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N212ES
- Reported as
- Spencer Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2127
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100DQ, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene P. Spencer
- Airport
- TLH · Tallahassee Muni., runway 27L, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 1 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.