Strother Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Winfield, Kansas 67156
Thursday, September 29, 1988 10:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

WITNESSES SAID THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT MADE ONE LOW LEVEL PASS, THEN RETURNED FOR LANDING. THE PLT RPRTD THAT HE INTENDED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND, BUT THAT HE MAY HAVE PUSHED THE ELEVATOR CONTROL FORWARD INSTEAD OF THE THROTTLE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. RPRTDLY, THE PLT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FLYING AN ACFT WHICH HAD THE THROTTLE & ELEVATOR CONTROLS CONFIGURED IN REVERSE FROM N39774.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/29/1988
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1000
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City WINFIELD
Event State KANSAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 67156
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport STROTHER
Event Location Nearest Airport ID WLD
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 1159
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1051 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 310
Weather Observation Facility ID ICT
Elevation of weather observation facility 1332
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 30
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 4000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 17
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 7
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 320
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1192
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Sep 29 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1150
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37285
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:09PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N39774
NTSB Number MKC88LA180
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name ELLIS
Aircraft Model QUICKIE Q2
Aircraft Series Identifier QUICKIE Q2
Aircraft Serial Number 2664
Certified Max Gross Weight 1000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 1 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 30
Airframe Hours 50
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name BRADLEY, DAN D
Aircraft Owner Street Address 529 W 13TH ST.
Aircraft Owner City LAUREL
Aircraft Owner State MS
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 39440
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name BRADLEY, DAN D.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 214 RYER
Operator City ROSE HILL
Operator State KS
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 67133
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code WLD
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 940
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 35
Runway Length 5510
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --