- Date
- April 16, 1989, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N13QTCoutz Quickie Q-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890416007989A
- Case key
- 32286
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Probable cause
Aircraft control was lost for an unknown reason.
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
A witness that was driving along I-75 stated that he looked up just in time to see the left wing and nose of the aircraft strike the ground. The aircraft immediately began burning and was demolished by fire. Due to impact and fire damage, the circumstances, which resulted in the accident, could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13QT
- Reported as
- Coutz Quickie Q-2 (QUICKIE Q-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2339
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rowe, Reardon L.
- Registered owner
- Reardon L Rowe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- GIF · Winter Haven, FL
- Destination
- VLD · Valdosta, GA
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 35 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.