- Date
- May 2, 1988, 12:28 local (17:28 UTC)
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N263QHyde Quickee
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880502015069A
- Case key
- 34564
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt, flying the unfamiliar homebuilt canard type acft for the first time, said shortly after takeoff the acft began to buffet and sink. The acft then entered a steep bank and continued sinking until it struck the terrain. Corrective attempts by the plt to regain control were unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N263Q
- Reported as
- Hyde Quickee
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 263
- Airframe hours
- 57
- Engine
- Onan B48M-GA018, 22 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregg Capobianco
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1988
- Departed
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur, MO
- Airport
- 1HO · Creve Coeur, runway 17, 2,200 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,475 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 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.