Keating QUICKIE II accident near Houston, TX
On February 28, 1997, a Keating QUICKIE II (airplane) was involved in an accident near Houston, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 28, 1997
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Aircraft
- Keating QUICKIE II · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.829°N, 95.659°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X07399
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 27, 1997, at 1945 central standard time, a Keating Quickie II experimental homebuilt airplane, N89WL, was destroyed during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Houston, Texas. The non-instrument rated private pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by a private individual under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal night cross country flight for which a flight plan was not filed. The flight originated from the La Porte Airport, near La Porte, Texas, at approximately 1935 with an intended destination of San Angelo, Texas. The pilot purchased the airplane from a private owner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on January 3, 1997. During the pilot's check out in the tricycle gear airplane, it inadvertently became airborne while he was practicing taxiing and landed in a nose low attitude damaging the propeller and the nose landing gear assembly. After the necessary repairs were completed, the pilot returned to Baton Rouge on February 23, 1997, took possession of the airplane, and flew it to the La Porte Airport where he had rented a hangar. On the afternoon of the accident, the pilot made several calls to obtain a weather forecast for his planned 299 nautical mile flight to his home in San Angelo, Texas. The forecast for the next day (Friday), and most of the weekend was for prevailing instrument meteorological conditions. The pilot had the airplane topped off with 16 gallons of 100LL fuel, executed touch and go landings for about 30 m
Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as result of the pilot's improper fuel management. Factors were the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane, the dark night, the lack of cockpit lights, and the lack of suitable terrain for the pilot to execute a forced landing.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
