Ellis QUICKIE Q2 N39774

Summary

On 29 September 1988 at about 15:00 local time, a Ellis QUICKIE Q2 registered N39774, operated by Bradley, DAN D., was involved in an accident near Winfield, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 September 1988 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Winfield, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Strother (WLD)

Coordinates

37.2595, -96.9591

Aircraft

Ellis QUICKIE Q2

Registration

N39774

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bradley, DAN D.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC88LA180

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

WITNESSES SAID THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT MADE ONE LOW LEVEL PASS, THEN RETURNED FOR LANDING. THE PLT RPRTD THAT HE INTENDED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND, BUT THAT HE MAY HAVE PUSHED THE ELEVATOR CONTROL FORWARD INSTEAD OF THE THROTTLE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. RPRTDLY, THE PLT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FLYING AN ACFT WHICH HAD THE THROTTLE & ELEVATOR CONTROLS CONFIGURED IN REVERSE FROM N39774.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.