# NTSB FTW83LA212: Quickie Q-2, N82JW, Fabens, TX, April 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 29, 1983, 10:41 local (16:41 UTC)
- Place: Fabens, TX
- Coordinates: 31.499458, -106.149116 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4995&lon=-106.1491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA212
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA212

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, go-around (vfr)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - incorrect
  - procedures/directives - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS FLYING A LOW APRCH TO THE AIRPORT. WHEN HE ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND THE ENGINE FAILED. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD. THE ACFT IS EQUIPPED WITH A HEADER TANK WHICH FEEDS THE ENGINE AND A MAIN TANK WHICH FEEDS THE HEADER TANK. THE MAIN TANK HAD FUEL IN IT AND THE HEADER TANK WAS EMPTY WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82JW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82JW-1983-12-07), registration cancelled 1983-12-07, S/N 2041 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE Q-2
- Registry model: [Ward Joseph C And Judy T Q-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/ward-joseph-c-and-judy-t-q-2) (registry code 05645DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2041
- Airframe hours: 21
- Engines: REVMASTER 2100 DQ reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph C. Ward
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: ELP, EL PASO, TX
- Airport: E35, Fabens, runway 26, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,578 total, 20 in this make and model, 2,278 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830429016909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830429016909A), Apr 29, 1983: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Fabens, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit on go around. Crash landed off end of runway. Raised nose too high for low fuel. Caused fuel starvation

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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