# NTSB MIA89FA132: Coutz Quickie Q-2, N13QT, Lake City, FL, April 16, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 16, 1989, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Lake City, FL
- Coordinates: 30.189575, -82.639526 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1896&lon=-82.6395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32286
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89FA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32286/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA132

## Probable cause

AIRCRAFT CONTROL WAS LOST FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## Analysis

A WITNESS THAT WAS DRIVING ALONG I-75 STATED THAT HE LOOKED UP JUST IN TIME TO SEE THE LEFT WING AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN BURNING AND WAS DEMOLISHED BY FIRE. DUE TO IMPACT AND FIRE DAMAGE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACCIDENT, COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13QT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13QT-1989-12-12), registration cancelled 1989-12-12, S/N 2339 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COUTZ QUICKIE Q-2 (QUICKIE Q-)
- Registry model: [Coutz William R QUICKIE Q2](https://openairdocs.org/model/coutz-william-r-quickie-q2) (registry code 05645PX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2339
- Engines: REVMASTER 2100 64 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Rowe, Reardon L.
- Registered owner: Reardon L Rowe
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: GIF, WINTER HAVEN, FL
- Destination: VLD, VALDOSTA, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 350 total, 60 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 35 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 19890416007989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890416007989A), Apr 16, 1989: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Lake City, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Impacted ground nose and wing low and burned. Cause unknown.

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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