Quickie Q2 N14VV

Summary

On 5 October 1985 at about 18:10 local time, a Quickie Q2 registered N14VV was involved in an accident near Willard, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 October 1985 at 18:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Willard, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Quickie Q2

Registration

N14VV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springfield → St.joseph

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86LA004

Nobody was injured.

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

CLIMBING TO CRUISE THE PLT RPTD A LOSS OF ENG PWR AN TURNED TO HEAD BACK TO THE AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE, THE ENSUING FORCED LANDING SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE ACFT. INSPECTION INTO THE ENG FAILURE REVEALED A CONTAMINATED INLINE FUEL FILTER RESTRICTING FUEL FLOW TO THE CARBURETOR. THE RESTRICTED FUEL FLOW STARVED THE CARBURETOR AND ITS ABILITY TO RUN THE ENGINE. THE CONTAMINATES ORIGINATED FROM A FUEL TANK MODIFICATION PERFORMED BY THE PLT TO HELP REDUCE FUEL LOAD AND FORWARD WEIGHT. THE TANK WAS NOT CLEANED AFTER THE WORK WAS PERFORMED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.