# Accident 20030720020719A: Amtr QUICKIE2, Tehachapi, CA, July 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2003, 09:45 local time
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Airport: Mountain Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1011° N, 118.4347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1011&lon=-118.4347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218DT-2004-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thompson David R QUICKIE QZ (registry code 05610IX, https://openairdocs.org/model/thompson-david-r-quickie-qz) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR QUICKIE2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030720020719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMATEUR-BUILT EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING MAIDEN FLIGHT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS. BUILDER/PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT. AIRCRAFT LINED UP ON ACTIVE RUNWAY WITH AN ESTIMATED 10 KNOT TAILWIND AND BEGAN TAKE-OFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT ROTATED AND LIFTED OFF VEERING TO THE LEFT AND DIPPING THE LEFT WING. AIRCRAFT REACHED AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF THIRTY (30) FEET AGL, APPEARED TO STALL, VEERING LEFT AGAIN AND RETURNING TO THE GROUND WHERE IT IMPACTED AND FLIPPED OVER ONTO IT'S TOP. FIRE ENSUED AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 LAX03LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA237), Jul 20, 2003: Thompson Quickie Q2 (N218DT), Tehachapi, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent entry into a pilot induced oscillation and failure to maintain airplane control during the takeoff initial climb. A contributing factor was the pilot's likely impairment by an…

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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