# NTSB DEN82FTC10: Quickie, N88Q, Rawlins, WY, August 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1982, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Rawlins, WY
- Location: 41.8057° N, 107.2003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAWLINS MUNI/HARVEY FLD (RWL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8057&lon=-107.2003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72348
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82FTC10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72348/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTC10

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT RETURNED TO THE ARPT SINCE HE COULDN'T GAIN ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO CLIMB OVER SURROUNDING TERRAIN. HE STATED HE ALSO HAD TROUBLE HOLDING ALTITUDE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG. DURING THE LANDING THE LEFT WHEEL STRUCK THE GROUND & THE MOMENTUM OF IMPACT PUT THE ACFT INTO A RIGHT HAND SNAP ROLL. THE ACFT CRASHED INVERTED ADJACENT TO THE RWY. THE ACFT'S ENG IS RATED AT 18 HP AT SEA LEVEL. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9,000 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N88Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: ONE
- Airframe hours: 800
- Engines: ONAN B48MGAO 18 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: W. Hartman
- Registered owner: W. Hartman
- Departed: RWL, RAWLINS, WY
- Destination: SLC, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: RWL, Rawlins Muni, runway 22, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 28,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 28,000 as pilot in command, 55 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Temperature: 151 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820812037919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820812037919A), Aug 12, 1982: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Rawlins, WY, Destroyed. Unable to clear rising terrain after takeoff. Stalled, rolled and crashed inverted trying to return to runway.

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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