Higgins John H/Williams John D QUESTAIR VENTURE N35HW

Summary

On 27 October 2019 at about 15:53 local time, a Higgins John H/Williams John D QUESTAIR VENTURE registered N35HW was involved in an accident near Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 October 2019 at 15:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Spruce Creek (7FL6)

Coordinates

29.0803, -81.0467

Aircraft

Higgins John H/Williams John D QUESTAIR VENTURE

Registration

N35HW

Category

Airplane

Year built

2019

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

GAA20CA088

2 people were seriously injured.

The pilot's unstabilized approach, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, loss of directional control, and impact with a tree and then terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during landing, his approach was unstable with an excessive descent rate. Surveillance video footage showed that the airplane touched down hard at the start of the displaced threshold, bounced, veered right, exited the side of the runway, clipped a tree, and then impacted terrain. A postcrash fire ensued. The airplane sustained thermal and substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. The pilot report that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.