# NTSB MKC85LA010: Aspen Quickie 2, N39202, Grand Island, NE, October 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1984, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Coordinates: 40.949687, -98.290115 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9497&lon=-98.2901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33880
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33880/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA010

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touch-and-go - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS & HAD LESS THAN THREE HOURS TOTAL TIME IN THE Q2. HE SAID HE FLARED HIGH & BOUNCED THREE TIMES. DURING THE THIRD BOUNCE THE FRONT WING, TO WHICH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR IS ATTACHED, BROKE & THE ACFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE LANDING WAS BEING MADE INTO THE WIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N39202 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ASPEN QUICKIE 2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2259
- Airframe hours: 3
- Engines: REVMASTER 2100D 64 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John A. Aspen
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: GRAND ISLAND, NE
- Airport: GRI, Hall Co Regional, runway 17, 7,001 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 337 total, 3 in this make and model, 254 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GRI

## 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 19841029060829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841029060829A), Oct 29, 1984: Amtrqk QUICKIE2, Grand Island, NE, Substantial damage. Aircraft landing gear collapsed during hard landing causing aircraft to run off runway.

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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