- Date
- October 21, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carthage, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N800QDavis TRI-Q-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881021063929A
- Case key
- 34711
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg the 2nd flt of the newly constructed home built acft, the eng began to lose power shortly after takeoff. The plt reentered the pattern for a precautionary landing, but misjudged the apch & had to go around. Drg the next apch, the eng lost power completely. An emerg lndg was made on the arpt, but at an angle to the rwys. Drg the lndg, the acft contacted terrain aprx 13 ft left of rwy 21, then slid across rwy 21 & stopped before reaching rwy 35. A post acdnt exam revealed there was fiberglass in the fuel line which resulted in fuel starvation. The acft had a fiberglass fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N800Q
- Reported as
- Davis TRI-Q-200
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2114
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Davis, Dorsie D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- H20
- Destination
- H20
- Airport
- H20 · Carthage, runway 35, 2,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 129 total · 2 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JLN, 8 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 N800Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.