- Date
- September 18, 1984, 19:49 local (Sep 19, 1984, 01:49 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42QDrake Quickie II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840918052719A
- Case key
- 40013
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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Analysis
The plt said that the acft porpoised 2 or 3 times after initial touchdown. After bouncing, the acft veered to the rt, ground looped and nosed over after contacting the soft ground off the side of the rwy.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flare - improperCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedFactor
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42Q
- Reported as
- Drake Quickie II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2290
- Airframe hours
- 28
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100DQ, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold A. Drake
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1984 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Destination
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Airport
- TWE · Twin Falls City, runway 6, 7,151 × 150 ft, asphalt
N42QRegistered now · Drake R L / Drake H A Q2Airframe modelDrake R L / Drake H A Q2Engine modelRevmaster 2100
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 380 total · 5 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.