- Date
- April 17, 1989, 19:45 local (Apr 18, 1989, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- St Joseph, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14VVVestal Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890417008269A
- Case key
- 34779
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A factor related to the accident was: the pilot's lack of experience in this make and model of aircraft.
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.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that during a landing, he flared too high & the acft stalled & hit the rwy. Directional control was lost & the acft went off the rwy & nosed over. The plt had less than 3 hrs of flt time in this make & model of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14VV
- Reported as
- Vestal Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2712
- Airframe hours
- 75
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100-DQ, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vestal, Ronald D.
- Registered owner
- Vestal, John S
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1989 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- STJ · St Joseph, MO
- Airport
- STJ · Rosecrans, runway 35, 8,058 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 3 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STJ, 1 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 N14VV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.