- Date
- August 18, 1996, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hudson, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6NHHardy Quickie Q-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960818023029A
- Case key
- 19948
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Probable cause
delamination of a propeller blade. A factor relating to the accident was: the terrain condition in the emergency landing area (soft/sandy berm and ditch).
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.
Analysis
The pilot said the airplane was in cruise flight, when a severe vibration shook the airframe. He secured the engine and made a forced landing on a dirt road. During the landing roll, the left wheel contacted a soft sandy berm, pivoting the airplane to the left and into a ditch, where it nosed over. Postaccident examination disclosed that part of the propeller had delaminated.
Factual narrative
On August 18, 1996, approximately 1400 mountain daylight time, a Hardy Quickie Q-200 amateur built airplane, N6NH, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Hudson, Colorado. The private pilot and a passenger sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Watkins, Colorado, on August 18, 1996, approximately 1345.
The following is based on a conversation between the pilot and an FAA inspector who went to the accident site, and the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report. The pilot said the aircraft was in cruise flight when a severe vibration shook the airframe. The pilot secured the engine and made a forced landing on a dirt road. During the landing roll, the left wheel contacted a soft sand berm, pivoting the airplane to the left and into a ditch where it nosed over. Postaccident examination disclosed part of the propeller had delaminated.
According to the Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) for Denver International Airport, located approximately 9 miles south of the accident site, the wind was variable at 6 knots with gusts to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6NH
- Reported as
- Hardy Quickie Q-200 (QUICKIE Q-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 002
- Airframe hours
- 263
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry H. Hardy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1996 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- FTG · Watkins, CO
- Destination
- 48V · Erie, CO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 689 total · 268 in this make and model · 689 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 6 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 9 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.