- Date
- July 27, 1986, 13:59 local (17:59 UTC)
- Place
- Newport News, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45CXQuickie Q200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860727035149A
- Case key
- 11230
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft went out of control and crashed from aprx 100 AGL after takeoff. The acft was on a test flt and after the crash the plt said that the acft was pulling to the rt during takeoff so he reduced power. The acft continued to pull rt before nosing down to ground impact. Fire damage destroyed the acft which hindered the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45CX
- Reported as
- Quickie Q200
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2830
- Airframe hours
- 4
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Conex, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Paul W. Patton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 25, 1985 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- PHF · Newport News, VA
- Destination
- PHF · Newport News, VA
- Airport
- PHF · Patrick Henry, runway 20, 6,525 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,187 total · 2 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHF, 1 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.