- Date
- April 20, 1986, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Eustis, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N316QBlythe Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860420049099A
- Case key
- 31497
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot departed on a student cross-country flight with 2 gallons of fuel in the tank of the homebuilt quickie. About 30 to 45 minutes later the engine failed at 1800 ft MSL. The student attempted to stretch the glide to a road and struck trees and crashed. Only a small amount of residual fuel was found at the accident site in an in-line filter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316Q
- Reported as
- Blythe Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- OO44
- Airframe hours
- 240
- Engine
- Onan 170, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas Steen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- X47 · Flagler, FL
- Destination
- DED · Deland, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 20 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 34 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.