# NTSB DEN82FTE28: Quickie Q2, N51QQ, Colorado Spring, CO, September 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1982, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Coordinates: 38.890342, -104.750778 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8903&lon=-104.7508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70306
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82FTE28
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70306/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTE28

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A LONG FINAL TO THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE THREE TIMES BEFORE STRIKING A RUNWAY DISTANCE MARKING SIGN AND COMING TO REST 100 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51QQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51QQ-2012-12-07), registration cancelled 2012-12-07, S/N 2051, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE Q2
- Registry model: [Vanwey-Bromund-Wagner QUICKIE](https://openairdocs.org/model/vanwey-bromund-wagner-quickie) (registry code 05645FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2051
- Airframe hours: 19
- Engines: REUMASTER 2100 DQ 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jas Vanvey
- Registered owner: Jas Vanvey
- Departed: COLORADO SPRING, CO
- Destination: COLORADO SPRING, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs Muni, runway 17, 11,020 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 146 total, 8 in this make and model, 90 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Temperature: 149 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19820926049059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820926049059A), Sep 26, 1982: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing,lost control, ran off runway and struck a runway marker.

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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