# Accident 19890308003301A: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Aurora, CO, March 8, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1989, 14:55 local time
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Airport: Aurora Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3278C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3278C-1989-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Craven R Dean QUICKIE 2 (registry code 05645LH, https://openairdocs.org/model/craven-r-dean-quickie-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRQK QUICKIE2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,114 total, 43 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890308003301A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED IN FLIGHT AND SEVERED TAIL OF CESSNA N7392G. IMPACT SEVERED THE QUICKIES WING. NO EVASIVE ACTION NOTED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7392G, Cessna 172K: [Accident 19890308003302A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890308003302A)

## 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 DEN89FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA083), Mar 8, 1989: Craven'S Quickie Q2 (N3278C), Watkins, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF BOTH PILOT'S TO MAINTAIN VISUAL LOOKOUT.

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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