# NTSB CHI01LA282: Hoskins Quickie Q2, N202SH, Carbondale, IL, August 22, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 21, 2001, 19:20 local (Aug 22, 2001, 00:20 UTC) - Place: Carbondale, IL - Coordinates: 37.720008, -89.209541 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7200&lon=-89.2095&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 4, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA- Springfield, Illinois -FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 53085 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI01LA282 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53085/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA282 ## Probable cause The failure of the tailwheel spring. A factor was the directional control not possible by the pilot. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor) - landing gear,tailwheel - failure,total (cause) ## Analysis The airplane went off the right side of the runway during landing and the left canard/landing gear was broken. The amateur-built airplane utilizes a canard configuration with the two main wheels incorporated into the tips of the forward canard surface and a tail-wheel attached to the aft fuselage. A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed that the fiberglass tail-wheel spring had fractured just forward of the tailwheel swivel assembly. The rudder cables were routed from the rudder pedals to the tail-wheel swivel assembly and two separate cables ran from the tail-wheel swivel assembly to the rudder itself. No other anomalies were found that could be associated with a preexisting condition. ## Factual narrative On August 21, 2001, at 1920 central daylight time, an amateur-built Hoskins Quickie Q2, N202SH, owned and piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 18R (3,498 feet by 60 feet, asphalt), at the Southern Illinois Airport, Carbondale, Illinois. The airplane went off the right side of the runway and the left canard/landing gear was broken. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions and was not on a flight plan. The pilot and his one passenger reported no injuries. The local flight originated about 1800. The airplane is an amateur-built aircraft utilizing a canard configuration. The landing gear consists of two main wheels incorporated into the tips of the forward canard surface and a tail-wheel attached to the aft fuselage. A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed that the fiberglass tail-wheel spring had fractured just forward of the tailwheel swivel assembly. The rudder cables were routed from the rudder pedals to the tail-wheel swivel assembly and two separate cables ran from the tail-wheel swivel assembly to the rudder itself. No other anomalies were found that could be associated with a preexisting condition. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N202SH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N202SH), registered now, S/N 2614 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Hoskins Quickie Q2 - Registry model: [Hoskins Samuel R QUICKIE Q2](https://openairdocs.org/model/hoskins-samuel-r-quickie-q2) (registry code 05645NQ) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200-A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-a) (registry code 17191, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 2614 - Airframe hours: 1214 - Engines: Continental O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Samuel R. Hoskins - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, June 16, 2001, 30 hours before - Departed: MDH, Carbondale, IL - Destination: MDH, Carbondale, IL - Airport: MDH, Southern Illinois, runway 18R, 3,498 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review July 10, 1999; seat: left; flight hours: 1,610 total, 1,214 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.98 inHg - Observed at: MDH ## 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 20010821025729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010821025729A), Aug 21, 2001: Carbondale-Murp, IL, No damage. (.19) On August 21, 2001, at 1920 central daylight time, an amateur-built hoskins quickie Q2, owned and piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial… ## Other investigations on N202SH (2) 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 ERA13CA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA394), Aug 30, 2013: Hoskins Samuel R Quickie Q2 (N202SH), Zelienople, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff due to right main landing gear contact with a pool of standing water on the runway which resulted in a runway excursion. - [NTSB CHI86FER15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FER15), Jul 29, 1986: Samuel R. Hoskins Q-200 (N202SH), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.