# NTSB BFO86FID10: Quickie Q200, N45CX, Newport News, VA, July 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1986, 13:59 local (17:59 UTC)
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Coordinates: 37.110847, -76.519416 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1108&lon=-76.5194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11230
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86FID10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11230/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FID10

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45CX-2013-09-12), registration cancelled 2013-09-12, S/N 2350 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE Q200
- Registry model: [Conex QUICKIE Q-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/conex-quickie-q-200) (registry code 05645UB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2830
- Airframe hours: 4
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860727035149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860727035149A), Jul 27, 1986: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Newport News, VA, Destroyed. Pilot reported right turn tendency after lift off closed the throttle. Aircraft dived into the ground.

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.

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