- Date
- September 16, 1986, 11:57 local (17:57 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39204Quickie Q-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860916045279A
- Case key
- 17059
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the acft entered a porpoise during landing. While attempting to add power the eng quit. The landing gear then broke off and the acft entered a ground loop and ran off the rwy. The plt notes that the acft has a tendency to bounce during landing due to the location of the main landing gear which attaches at the ends of the canard. He also notes that the throttle and mixture must be advanced together to increase power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39204
- Reported as
- Quickie Q-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2698
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100-DT, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John H. Totman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Airport
- GJT · Walker Field, runway 11, 10,501 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 12 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Observed at
- GJT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.