- Date
- October 26, 1982, 13:43 local (19:43 UTC)
- Place
- Grants, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24WDQuickie TWO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821026056389A
- Case key
- 70888
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot had purchased the aircraft and was planning to ferry it to richmond, VA. After taking off on a local flight, he elected to land on runway 13 with winds variable from 190 to 270 deg at 10 gusting 22 KTS. During the landing, the aircraft ran off the right side of the runway and flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24WD
- Reported as
- Quickie TWO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 89
- Engine
- Onan, 20 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Grant Robert Fehrman
- Registered owner
- Grant Robert Fehrman
- Departed
- GNT · Grants, NM
- Destination
- GNT · Grants, NM
- Airport
- GNT · Grants Municipal, runway 13, 5,300 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.