Gary Wilson QUICKIE N114GW

Summary

On 13 November 1983 at about 22:00 local time, a Gary Wilson QUICKIE registered N114GW was involved in an accident near Boca Raton, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 November 1983 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Coordinates

26.3397, -80.0806

Aircraft

Gary Wilson QUICKIE

Registration

N114GW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Ft. Lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA029

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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE HAD ONLY 2 HRS FLT TIME IN QUICKIE ACFT & THIS WAS HIS 1ST FLT IN N114GW. HE REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKING OFF, THE ACFT TRIED TO ROLL LEFT. HE USED ALL AVAILABLE AILERON TO COUNTERACT THE ROLL, BUT IT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. WHEN IMPACT WAS CONSIDERED INEVITABLE, HE 'CUT THE THROTTLE.' SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A TREE & WAS DESTROYED, BUT THE PLT REPORTED HE WAS NOT INJURED. IMPACT OCCURRED ABOUT 1 1/2 MI FROM THE ARPT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.