# NTSB FTW83LA023: Quickie TWO, N24WD, Grants, NM, October 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 26, 1982, 13:43 local (19:43 UTC)
- Place: Grants, NM
- Coordinates: 35.14923, -107.830902 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1492&lon=-107.8309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70888
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70888/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE TWO
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 89
- Engines: 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.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821026056389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821026056389A), Oct 26, 1982: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Grants, NM, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in a gusty crosswind. Ran off the runway and overturned.

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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