# NTSB GAA15CA203: Welch Floyd L Quickie Q 2, N518JW, Hazleton, PA, July 23, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 23, 2015, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Hazleton, PA
- Coordinates: 40.986389, -75.986946 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9864&lon=-75.9869&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 2015
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91671
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA15CA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91671/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91671
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA203

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Welch Floyd L QUICKIE Q-2, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05619J8), [All aircraft, 9,308 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Welch Floyd L QUICKIE Q-2, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=05619J8), [All aircraft, 3,969 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Welch Floyd L QUICKIE Q-2, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=05619J8), [All aircraft, 4,590 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Welch Floyd L QUICKIE Q-2, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=05619J8), [All aircraft, 3,656 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Welch Floyd L QUICKIE Q-2, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05619J8), [All aircraft, 2,289 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that after the initial touch down the airplane had a "left turning tendency", veered off the runway to the left into deep grass, and nosed over. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left main wing.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that after the initial touch down the airplane had a "left turning tendency", veered off the runway to the left into deep grass, and nosed over. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left main wing.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N518JW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518JW-2016-07-22), registration cancelled 2016-07-22, S/N 001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WELCH FLOYD L QUICKIE Q 2 (Q2)
- Registry model: [Welch Floyd L QUICKIE Q-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/welch-floyd-l-quickie-q-2) (registry code 05619J8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Revmaster 2100](https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (registry code 52550, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 001
- Year built: 2005
- Airframe hours: 85.1
- Engines: REVMASTER 2100D 75 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Adam Jacques
- Registered owner: Adam Jacques
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, March 9, 2015
- Departed: HZL, Hazleton, PA
- Destination: HZL, Hazleton, PA
- Airport: HZL, Hazleton Rgnl, runway 28, 4,898 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 16, 2015; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 54 total, 0.5 in this make and model, 9 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- Observed at: KAVP, 24 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 20150723011449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150723011449A), Jul 23, 2015: Welch Floyd L QUICKIE Q-2, Hazelton, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft had been recently purchased and the pilot had no tail wheel training nor any training in this aircraft,while conducting his first flight in this…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91671. 1.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40431595&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Photo 1-View of substantial damage to left main wing (photo courtesy of the FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 46 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40431596&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201-View%20of%20substantial%20damage%20to%20left%20main%20wing%20(photo%20courtesy%20of%20the%20FAA)-Master.PDF

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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