- Date
- June 28, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55772Bowlin Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830628030399A
- Case key
- 33429
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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.
Analysis
The acft made a landing during its first test flight. The plt stated that he had slowed the acft to below 65 mph at about 10 ft above the rwy. At this point the canard stalled & the nose pitched down. There was no damage on the first rwy contact. On the second rwy contact the prop & eng stopped. On the third rwy contact the canard broke & the fuselage contacted the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55772
- Reported as
- Bowlin Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0292
- Engine
- Onan 1, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Oliver F. Bowlin
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- 3GV · East Kansas City, runway 27, 3,100 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,697 total · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.