Swanningson QUICKIE N41Q

Summary

On 3 March 1986 at about 20:10 local time, a Swanningson QUICKIE registered N41Q, operated by Douglas W. Swanningson, was involved in an accident near Deland, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 March 1986 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Deland, Florida, United States

Coordinates

29.0497, -81.3101

Aircraft

Swanningson QUICKIE

Registration

N41Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Douglas W. Swanningson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86FA091

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 ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO TAKEOFF & CLIMB TO ABOUT 300 FT, THEN ROLL TO THE LEFT & DESCEND TO GROUND IMPACT IN AN APRX 60 DEG BANK ANGLE. THE PLT HAD STATED THAT HE WAS NOT FEELING WELL JUST PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, A WITNESS STATED THAT THE PLT HAD MADE SEVERAL FORCED LANDINGS IN THE PAST IN THIS ACFT AS A RESULT OF ENGINE FAILURES. ANOTHER WITNESS STATED THAT THE ENG DID NOT SOUND AS IF IT WERE OPERATING NORMALLY DURING THE TAKEOFF & THAT THE PLT APPEARED TO BE TURNING BACK TO THE ARPT. LCOAL FLT CONDITIONS WERE DESCRIBED AS BUMPY. SURFACE WINDS IN THE GENERAL AREA WERE REPORTED AS 14 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 20 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.