- Date
- December 2, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5571WQuickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841202048179A
- Case key
- 11121
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was making its first takeoff following several previous hours of taxi tests. Witnesses reported that the airplane drifted to the left early in the takeoff roll until the left main wheel dropped off the rwy. The acft yawed to the left and continued across the grass and a parallel taxiway onto a parking ramp. Ground tracks on the ramp veered to the right and generally paralleled the rwy hdg before ending about 100 ft from two parked vehicles. The acft became airborne slightly before striking the two vehicles, pushing one into a parked acft. Examination revealed the presence of prominent rubber transfer marks on the top inside tire surface. The main wheels mount on the tips of the 16.5 ft spanconard. Width of the takeoff runway is 30 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5571W
- Reported as
- Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2291
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100-D, 67 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leroy Barto
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 29, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- W32 · Hyde Field, runway 23, 2,820 × 30 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 181 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12,000 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.