# NTSB CHI88FA177: Quickie Q-2, N48BH, Oshkosh, WI, July 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1988, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Coordinates: 44.059425, -88.540649 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0594&lon=-88.5406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 16, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13954
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88FA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13954/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA177

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS ON A FLT TO OSHKOSH TO AN EAA CONVENTION. WHEN HE ARRIVED, TRAFFIC WAS HVY & SPECIAL TRAFFIC PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. INFO TO ATTENDEES (BEFORE THE CONVENTION) ADVERTISED THAT THE NORTH/SOUTH RWYS WOULD BE USED PRIMARILY FOR DISPLAY ACFT & THE EAST/WEST RWYS WOULD BE IN USE PRIMARILY FOR ITINERANT ACFT; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO RESTRICTION ON RWY USE. DUE TO HVY TRAFFIC, TWR PSNL DID NOT ROUTINELY OFFER WIND INFO & ALTERNATE RWY USE; HOWEVER, IF REQUESTED, THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. DRG ARRIVAL, THE PLT EXPECTED TO USE THE NORTH/SOUTH RWY & OBTAINED WIND INFORMATION FROM THE ATIS. HE REALIZED THERE WOULD BE A 12 KT X-WIND, BUT DID NOT BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A PROBLEM. HE RPRTD THAT DRG ARRIVAL, HE TURNED ONTO A SHORT FINAL APCH FOR RWY 18 & COMPENSATED FOR A STRONG X-WIND BY LOWERING THE RIGHT WING. HE STATED THAT ABOUT 10' ABV THE RWY, THE ACFT ENTERED A RAPID DSCNT & LANDED HARD, BREAKING THE STRUCTURE FOR THE RGT GEAR (WHICH WAS ALSO THE RGT CANARD) & DAMAGED THE PROP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N48BH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48BH-2026-08-15), registration cancelled 2026-08-15, S/N 2335 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE Q-2
- Registry model: [Moritz William E QUICKIE Q2](https://openairdocs.org/model/moritz-william-e-quickie-q2) (registry code 05645RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Revmaster 2100](https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (registry code 52550, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2335
- Airframe hours: 280
- Engines: REVMASTER 2100 77 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Moritz, William E.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, June 5, 1988, 32 hours before
- Departed: UNU, JUNEAU, WI
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: OSH, Whitman Field, runway 18, 8,001 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 833 total, 280 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OSH, 25 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 19880728035819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880728035819A), Jul 28, 1988: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. Entered high sink rate and hard landing in a crosswind. 4 other homebuilts were damaged on same day,same condition.

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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