- Date
- September 29, 1988, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Winfield, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39774Ellis Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19880929046369A
- Case key
- 34646
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses said that after takeoff, the plt made one low level pass, then returned for landing. The plt rprtd that he intended to make a go-around, but that he may have pushed the elevator control forward instead of the throttle. Subsequently, the acft was damaged. Rprtdly, the plt had previously been flying an acft which had the throttle & elevator controls configured in reverse from N39774.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39774
- Reported as
- Ellis Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2664
- Airframe hours
- 50
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bradley, Dan D.
- Registered owner
- Bradley, Dan D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- WLD
- Airport
- WLD · Strother, runway 35, 5,510 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 10 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 30 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.