- Date
- August 19, 1992, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Altoona, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N244GBGerald Barker Quicky 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920819032089A
- Case key
- 37213
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Probable cause
An onground collision with a VASI light box after the tailwheel strut broke upon touchdown and the pilot lost directional control.
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
Upon touchdown, the tailwheel strut broke and the pilot lost directional control on the runway. The airplane departed the right side of the runway and struck a VASI light box. Examination of the airplane by the FAA found a broken tailwheel strut and the rudder cables attached. The pilot said he believed the tailwheel strut was weakened from a hard landing in past.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N244GB
- Reported as
- Gerald Barker Quicky 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2446
- Engine
- Revmaster R2100D, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald L. Barker
- Registered owner
- Gerald L. Barker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1991 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- AOO · Altoona-Blair Co., runway 3, 3,664 × 75 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 954 total · 28 in this make and model · 784 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AOO, 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 N244GB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.