- Date
- October 5, 1985, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Willard, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14VVQuickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851005048959A
- Case key
- 34099
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Analysis
Climbing to cruise the plt rptd a loss of eng pwr an turned to head back to the airport of departure, the ensuing forced landing substantially damaged the acft. Inspection into the eng failure revealed a contaminated inline fuel filter restricting fuel flow to the carburetor. The restricted fuel flow starved the carburetor and its ability to run the engine. The contaminates originated from a fuel tank modification performed by the plt to help reduce fuel load and forward weight. The tank was not cleaned after the work was performed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14VV
- Reported as
- Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2712
- Airframe hours
- 69
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John. S. Vestal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Destination
- St.Joseph, MO
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,048 total · 69 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 19 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- SGF, 5 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.
Other investigations on N14VV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.