Aircoupe A-2-DEX N6509Q

Summary

On 31 May 1987 at about 16:00 local time, a Aircoupe A-2-DEX registered N6509Q was involved in an accident near Iola, Wisconsin, 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

31 May 1987 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Iola, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Central County (68C)

Coordinates

44.4994, -89.1208

Aircraft

Aircoupe A-2-DEX

Registration

N6509Q

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

CHI87LA137

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

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. ON LANDING ROLL THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT STUCK IN THE GROUND, FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER ONTO ITS BACK. ACCORDING TO A PASSENGER ON AN EARLIER FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE ON THE EARLIER FLIGHT, BUT LANDED SAFELY ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE FOUND OR PROVIDED BY THE PILOT TO SHOW THAT ANY CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED TO CORRECT OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS ENGINE FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.