# NTSB MKC80FCQ02: Airyplane PDQ, N1053E, Lyons, KS, October 12, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 12, 1979
- Place: Lyons, KS · LYONS, KS
- Location: 38.3461° N, 98.2047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lyons, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3461&lon=-98.2047&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 23, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133621
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC80FCQ02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCQ02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3054  79/10/12   LYONS,KS            AIRYPLANE PDQ       CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 180
        TIME - 1730                    N1053E              PX-  0  0  0  TEST                      TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LYONS MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LYONS,KS                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- PLT STATED-1ST FLT IN OPEN COCKPIT ACFT,WAS CONFUSED & LACKED ATTITUDE REF OF PREV FLOWN ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1053E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1053E-1982-11-11), registration cancelled 1982-11-11, S/N EM-1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRYPLANE PDQ
- Registry model: [Mcmullen Eugene L PDQ-2 AIRYPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcmullen-eugene-l-pdq-2-airyplane) (registry code 05653C7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lyons Muni

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19791012032769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791012032769A), Oct 12, 1979: Amtrpd PDQ2, Lyons, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot's first flight in this type aircraft. Pilot panicked and landed in plowed field. No malfunction of aircraft

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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