# NTSB DEN86LA206: Troutman Quickie Q2, N21LT, Rawlins, WY, July 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1986, 14:43 local (20:43 UTC)
- Place: Rawlins, WY
- Coordinates: 41.779273, -107.220024 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7793&lon=-107.2200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17020
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17020/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA206

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT, FLYING A HOMEBUILT QUICKIE Q2, ATTEMPTED A LDG ON RWY 22 WITH WINDS OF 20K, GUSTING TO 30K OUT OF 250 DEGREES. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT WEATHER VANED INTO THE WIND. THE ACFT LEFT THE RWY, FLIPPED OVER AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N21LT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TROUTMAN QUICKIE Q2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2700
- Airframe hours: 304
- Engines: REVMASTER 2100D 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Leonard R. Troutman
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 1, 1986, 6 hours before
- Departed: PVU, PROVO, UT
- Destination: RWL, RAWLINS, WY
- Airport: RWL, Rawlins Municipal, runway 22, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 433 total, 303 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F

## 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 19860724035659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860724035659A), Jul 24, 1986: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Rawlins, WY, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in gusty wind. Ran off the runway and flipped over.

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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