- Date
- October 19, 1986, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Harper, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3241NJames Olivier Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861019081479A
- Case key
- 34261
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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 control - in flight
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
Aircraft handling - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
A witness stated that he observed the aircraft in slow level flight at a low altitude. The a/c then pulled up in a steep right turn, then it descended to the ground. Examination of the wreckage found no pre-impact problems with engine or controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3241N
- Reported as
- James Olivier Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 311
- Airframe hours
- 88
- Engine
- Konig D570, 28 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James L. Olivier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1986 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- PTT · Pratt, KS
- Destination
- 8K2 · Harper, KS
- Airport
- 8K2 · Harper Muni, runway 17, 2,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 468 total · 88 in this make and model · 432 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 45 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.