McFarland QUICKIE 2 N335RM

Summary

On 15 March 1986 at about 23:15 local time, a McFarland QUICKIE 2 registered N335RM, operated by Robert F. MC Farland, was involved in an accident near Mulberry, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 March 1986 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Mulberry, Florida, United States

Coordinates

27.8990, -81.9700

Aircraft

McFarland QUICKIE 2

Registration

N335RM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert F. MC Farland

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fernandina Bch → Lakeland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA86FA097

2 people 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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS FLYING AT A LOWER THAN NORMAL ALTITUDE AND AT FULL THROTTLE WHEN SOMETHING BROKE OFF THE ACFT. THE ACFT THEN ROLLED TO THE RIGHT, WENT ALMOST STRAIGHT UP AND SPIRALED DOWN STRIKING THE GROUND INVERTED. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT AILERON SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT AFTER THE RIGHT WING FAILED APRX 6 INCHES OUTBOARD OF THE FUSELAGE AND FOLDED UPWARD CAUSING THE COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE ACFT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE WING WAS NOT PROPERLY REPAIRED AFTER IT WAS DAMAGED DURING A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.