Pate QUICKIE N24RP

Summary

On 3 August 1986 at about 23:30 local time, a Pate QUICKIE registered N24RP was involved in an accident near Danville, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 August 1986 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Danville, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Vermilion County (DNV)

Coordinates

40.1407, -87.6097

Aircraft

Pate QUICKIE

Registration

N24RP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86FEV04

1 person had minor injuries.

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

AFTER PERFORMING HI SPEED TAXI TESTS, THE PLT OF A NEW HOME BUILT ACFT TOOK OFF ON THE ACFT'S 1ST FLT. AFTER TAKING OFF,HE REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG; HOWEVER, BY THEN, THE ACFT WAS PAST THE DEP END OF THE RWY AT 50 TO 75 FT AGL & WOULD NOT CLIMB ANY HIGHER. THE PLT TRIED TO TURN, BUT IN A TURN, THE NOSE WOULD DROP. THE ACFT WAS SOON APCHG A POWER LINE, SO THE PLT 'CUT' THE ENG POWER & THE ACFT CRASHED IN A BEAN FIELD. AN INV REVEALED THE ACFT WAS LOADED WITH THE CENTER-OF-GRAVITY (CG) 1.93 INCHES AHEAD OF THE FORWARD LIMIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.