- Date
- June 22, 1986, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Goodland, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N162PCharles S.Hatchette Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34196
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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,vent - blocked(total)Factor
Acft/equip,inadequate aircraft componentFactor
Fluid,fuel - starvation
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)Cause
Analysis
The pilot experienced a gradual loss of engine power during cruise and made a forced landing to a field. During the landing roll, the plane hit a hole and nosed over. Examination found that a fuel vent line had melted closed in the vicinity of the exhaust manifold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N162P
- Reported as
- Charles S.Hatchette Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2697
- Engine
- Volkswagen REVMASTER, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles S. Hatchette
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 3V5 · Fort Collins, CO
- Destination
- UBS · Columbus, MS
N162PRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2013 · Hatchette Charles S QUICKIE Q2Airframe modelHatchette Charles S QUICKIE Q2Engine modelRevmaster 2100
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLD, 7 nm away