- Date
- May 19, 1982, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82YLHomebuilt Quickie 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820519020219A
- Case key
- 71223
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - inadequateCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Analysis
During landing/touchdown the aircraft bounced back into the air. The pilot elected to decrease power and the aircraft landed hard and ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82YL
- Reported as
- Homebuilt Quickie 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2215
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100-DQ, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry Young
- Registered owner
- Larry Young
- Departed
- GVW · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- GVW · Kansas City, MO
- Airport
- GVW · Richards-Gebaur, runway 18, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 569 total · 1 in this make and model · 542 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N82YL · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC84LA057Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKansas City, MOThe acft collided with a rwy marker after bouncing during a power off landing. The acft was descended from 500 ft power off to a touchdown. The tailwheel acft bounced about 20 ft into the air. The acft went for the rwys edge and slid to a stop in the grass.NTSB MKC83LA124Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrain Valley, MOThe acft ran off the right side of the rwy and nosed over during landing. The plt stated that after a wheel landing he lowered the tail wheel to the rwy and applied the hand brake lever. The right brake grabbed and the acft turned right, rolling and skidding…