Beeville Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Beeville, Texas 78102
Sunday, December 15, 1985 14:52 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT CRASHED DURING A FORCED LNDG AFTER A POWER LOSS AT 200 FT AGL DURING TAKEOFF. THE ACFT CRASHED ON THE ARPT IN A RUN-UP AREA ADJACENT TO THE RWY. THE ONLY DISCREPANCY NOTED DURING POST ACC EXAM WAS A VERY WEAK SPARK PRODUCED BY THE BATTERY COIL IGNITION SYSTEM. 17 MOS HAD ELAPSED SINCE THE ACFT HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/15/1985
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1452
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City BEEVILLE
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 78102
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport BEEVILLE MUNICIPAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 3RO
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 --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1655 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 90
Weather Observation Facility ID NIR
Elevation of weather observation facility 190
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 7
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 5000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2300
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 14
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 2
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 9
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 3
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 FAA
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2364
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 15 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 29717
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N220WA
NTSB Number FTW86FRG05
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 ADAMS WILLIAM C
Aircraft Model QUICKIE Q1
Aircraft Series Identifier QUICKIE Q1
Aircraft Serial Number 528
Certified Max Gross Weight 520
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 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 9 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 71
Airframe Hours 135
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name
Aircraft Owner Street Address RT 2 BOX 312
Aircraft Owner City CHOUDRANT
Aircraft Owner State LA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 71227
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name ANDY B. ADAMS
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address BOX 2330 (TEMPORARY)
Operator City GEORGE WEST
Operator State TX
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 78022
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
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1451
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City UNK
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 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --