Milentz QUICKIE 02 N3258P

Summary

On 6 February 1985 at about 20:10 local time, a Milentz QUICKIE 02 registered N3258P was involved in an accident near Camarillo, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 February 1985 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Camarillo, California, United States

Nearest airport

Camarillo (CMA)

Coordinates

34.2302, -119.0698

Aircraft

Milentz QUICKIE 02

Registration

N3258P

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

LAX85LA134

1 person had minor injuries.

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

ON A LOCAL TEST FLT FOR THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT ACFT, PLT EXPERIENCED AN ON GROUND LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND CARTWHEELED AFTER ENCOUNTERIMG PLOWED FURROW. PLTSTATED THAT THE TAKEOFF ROLL WAS NORMAL UNTIL ACHIEVING ABOUT 65 KNOTS WHEN THE ACFT TAIL UNEXPECTEDLY ROSE OFF THE GROUND. AFT PITCH CONTROL INPUT RESULTED IN THE ACFT NOSE LEAVING THE GROUND. ACFT 'BOUNCED' ONCE OFF THE RUNWAY AND PLT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE. ACFT THEN 'PILED IN AGAIN,' AFTER WHICH IT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, ENCOUNTERED A SERIES OF PLOWED FURROWS AND 'CARTWHEELED MULTIPLE TIMES.' PLT SAID THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.