# NTSB DEN88DTE01: Quickie Q-200, N275CH, Watkins, CO, October 31, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1987, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Coordinates: 39.750637, -104.600852 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7506&lon=-104.6009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88DTE01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17325/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88DTE01

## 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
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD HE FAILED TO LOCK THE AILERON REFLEXERS TIGHT FOR LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE LOCK SLIPPED & THE TAIL LIFTED OFF THE RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, WENT OFF THE RWY & HIT A MUDHOLE, THEN FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N275CH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N275CH), registered now, S/N 2759, built 1987 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE Q-200
- Registry model: [Harris Charles R Q-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/harris-charles-r-q-200) (registry code 05645VP) (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: 2759
- Airframe hours: 27
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Ray Harris
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 27, 1987, 22 hours before
- Departed: APA, ENGLEWOOD, CO
- Airport: 1W1, Front Range, runway 26, 8,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 814 total, 7 in this make and model, 784 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 38 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: APA, 22 nm away

## 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 19871031061469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871031061469A), Oct 31, 1987: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Watkins, CO, Substantial damage. On Landing, ran off side of runway into mud and flipped over. Pilot had failed to secure aileron reflexer control.

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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