# NTSB FTW87LA125: Quickie Q2, N85Q, Sherman, TX, May 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1987, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Coordinates: 33.60955, -96.60086 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6095&lon=-96.6009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22370
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22370/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA125

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, takeoff - roll/run
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF RUN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE DEVELOPING MORE LIFT THAN THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT WING TIP DRAGGED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT SIDE INTO THE MUD WHERE IT FLIPPED INVERTED BEFORE STOPPING. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION FAILED TO REVEAL EVIDENCE OF PRE-ACCIDENT CONTROL PROBLEMS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N85Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE Q2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 332
- Airframe hours: 100
- Engines: Volkswagen GLOBAL 37 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James E. Masal
- Registered owner: Ernest R. Giles
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: F39, SHERMAN, TX
- Airport: F39, Grayson County, runway 17L, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 3,000 total, 90 in this make and model, 2,500 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAL, 50 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 19870525015829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870525015829A), May 25, 1987: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Sherman-Denison, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed a wing to drag runway on takeoff. Veered off runway into mud and flipped over.

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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