Lanny Rundell QUICKIE Q2 N357LR

Summary

On 14 October 1983 at about 19:30 local time, a Lanny Rundell QUICKIE Q2 registered N357LR was involved in an accident near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 October 1983 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Vicksburg Municipal (VKS)

Coordinates

32.3198, -90.8698

Aircraft

Lanny Rundell QUICKIE Q2

Registration

N357LR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA018

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

WHILE ON THE LANDING ROLL, THE ACFT WAS ROLLING STRAIGHT DOWN THE CENTERLINE OF THE RWY WHEN THE PLT FELT A BUMP & REAR OF THE ACFT DROPPED. AT THE SAME TIME, ALL DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST & THE RUDDER PEDALS WENT FORWARD TO THE FIREWALL. THE ACFT STARTED WEATHERVANING INTO THE X-WIND & VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. AFTER LEAVING THE RWY,IT HIT A LOW BANK OF SOFT DIRT, THEN NOSED OVER & FLIPPED IN THE AIR & FINALLY CAME TO REST, RIGHT SIDE UP. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE FIBERGLASS ROD, USED AS A SUPPORT & SPRING FOR THE TAILWHEEL, HAD FAILED. WITH IT BROKEN LOOSE, THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF THE RUDDER. NO BUMPS WERE FOUND ON THE RWY, BUT A CRACK WAS FOUND WHERE THE 2 HALVES OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT MET AT THE CENTERLINE. THE CRACK WAS SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN THE NARROW TAILWHEEL OF THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.