Brubaker Q-2 N82QQ

Summary

On 20 May 1984 at about 23:48 local time, a Brubaker Q-2 registered N82QQ was involved in an accident near Corona, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 May 1984 at 23:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Corona, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Brubaker Q-2

Registration

N82QQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FA304

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT OF A QUICKIE Q-2 HAD RETURNED TO THE ARPT & MADE 2 LOW PASSES, THEN BEGAN A NORMAL APCH TO RWY 25. WHEN THE Q-2 WAS ON A LOW FINAL, THE PLT OF A MOONEY ACFT TURNED ONTO THE RWY & BEGAN TAKING OFF. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, A GROUND WITNESS HEARD THE FOLLOWING TRANSMISSION OVER THE UNICOM FREQ, 'THANKS A LOT MR. MOONEY, NEXT TIME YOU DO THAT I'LL CHOP YOUR TAIL OFF.' THE Q-2 WAS THEN OBSERVED TO MAKE A VERY ABRUPT LEFT TURN TO REENTER DOWNWIND - TO-BASE. THE Q-2 PLT WAS THEN STATED (ON UNICOM) THAT THE ENG WAS SPUTTERING & QUITTING & THAT HE WAS 'GOING IN.' DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON A CONSTRUCTION BLUFF, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH LARGE ROCKS, THEN BURNED. NO PREIMPACT STRUCTURAL FAILURE WAS FOUND & AN ENG TEARDOWN REVEALED NO INTERNAL PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL ENG MODIFICATIONS THAT HAD BEEN MADE BY OTHER THAN FACTORY REPS. THE THROTTLE CABLE BRACKET WAS MADE OF NON-STANDARD MATERIAL & WAS DEFORMED BY HEAT & WEAR. A THROTTLE CABLE CLAMP WAS MISSING. THROTTLE FULL ON, BUT CARB HOUSING CLOSED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.