# Accident 19821114058439A: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Death Valley, CA, November 14, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1982, 11:00 local time
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Airport: Death Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6000° N, 116.8309° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6000&lon=-116.8309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1234 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRQK QUICKIE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 685 total, 95 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LVW01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LVW01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821114058439A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT HIT SHORT OF RUNWAY AND FLIPPED INVERTED. PILOT CLAIMS DOWNDRAFT, BUT FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT HAD NO PROBLEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX83LVW01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LVW01), Nov 14, 1982: Amateur Built Quickie Q2 (N1234), Death Valley, CA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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