- Date
- January 4, 1984, 16:24 local (22:24 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82YLYoung-Losey Q-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840104001219A
- Case key
- 33617
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82YL
- Reported as
- Young-Losey Q-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2793
- Airframe hours
- 62
- Engine
- Ravenmaster R-2100, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steve Kuhns
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Kansas City, MO
- Airport
- GVW · Richards-Gebaur, runway 36, 8,925 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 17 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC
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.