Bacon QUESTAIR #20 VENTURE N29G

Summary

On 2 September 2003 at about 12:50 local time, a Bacon QUESTAIR #20 VENTURE registered N29G was involved in an accident near Carefree, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 September 2003 at 12:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Carefree, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Sky Ranch (18AZ)

Coordinates

33.8181, -111.8978

Aircraft

Bacon QUESTAIR #20 VENTURE

Registration

N29G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Albuquerque → Carefree

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

LAX03LA275

2 people died.

The pilot's misjudgment of speed/distance and his failure to do a go-around. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and his delay aborting the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane collided with a wall at the departure end of the runway during an aborted landing attempt. Tire skid marks on the runway indicated the airplane touched down 2/3 of the way down the length of the runway. The airplane veered to the right and entered a taxiway. The pilot attempted to regain aircraft control and powered up the engine. At that point the airplane started to travel 45-degrees toward the runway. It crossed a dirt section and the left main landing gear struck a visual approach slope indicator light. The airplane, still at a 45-degree angle to the runway center line, then started to porpoise across the runway. The airplane then departed the left side of the runway, became airborne, and flew over a wash before impacting a wall. Witnesses indicated that after the airplane became airborne again, it had a 45-degree nose up pitch attitude, though it did not appear to be climbing. Witnesses said the engine sounded normal. The airframe was destroyed in the collision sequence and post crash fire.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.