# NTSB DEN86LTM03: Quickie Q-2, N39204, Grand Junction, CO, September 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 16, 1986, 11:57 local (17:57 UTC)
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Coordinates: 39.080963, -108.489128 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0810&lon=-108.4891&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): 17059
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LTM03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17059/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LTM03

## 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
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - attempted, pilot in command
  - landing gear - inadequate, production/design personnel (contributing factor)
  - powerplant controls - inadequate, production/design personnel (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39204-2003-09-22), registration cancelled 2003-09-22, S/N 2698, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE Q-2
- Registry model: [Totman John H QUICKIE Q2](https://openairdocs.org/model/totman-john-h-quickie-q2) (registry code 05645PQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Revmaster 2100](https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (registry code 52550, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2698
- Airframe hours: 12
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860916045279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860916045279A), Sep 16, 1986: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Grand Junction, CO, Substantial damage. Bounced on touchdown, applied engine power without adjusting the mixture. Engine quit. Ground looped aircraft.

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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