- Date
- June 17, 1993, 11:17 local (15:17 UTC)
- Place
- Baltimore, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N116CPGritter Quest AIR 20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930617019219A
- Case key
- 37333
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the left main gear tire which resulted in a loss of directional control and collision with a taxiway sign.
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 airplane was completing a 15 minute flight from one airport to another. As the pilot was landing he thought that he had a soft or flat tire. When the weight of the airplane settled onto the runway, the airplane swerved left, off of the runway and impacted a taxiway sign. Post accident investigation revealed that the tire was new when installed 1 week prior. The side wall of the tire had ruptured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116CP
- Reported as
- Gritter Quest AIR 20 (QUEST AIR)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0003
- Airframe hours
- 504
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-G, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Amp Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Amp Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1993 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- CGE · Cambridge, MD
- Airport
- BWI · Baltimore-Washington, runway 33, 5,000 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 460 in this make and model · 9,800 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 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.