# NTSB MKC87DCQ01: James Olivier Quickie, N3241N, Harper, KS, October 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: October 19, 1986, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Harper, KS
- Coordinates: 37.279434, -98.01979 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2794&lon=-98.0198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34261
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87DCQ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34261/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87DCQ01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

A WITNESS STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN SLOW LEVEL FLIGHT AT A LOW ALTITUDE. THE A/C THEN PULLED UP IN A STEEP RIGHT TURN, THEN IT DESCENDED TO THE GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE FOUND NO PRE-IMPACT PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE OR CONTROLS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3241N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: JAMES OLIVIER QUICKIE
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 311
- Airframe hours: 88
- Engines: KONIG D570 28 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James L. Olivier
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, June 8, 1986, 7 hours before
- Departed: PTT, PRATT, KS
- Destination: 8K2, HARPER, KS
- Airport: 8K2, Harper Muni, runway 17, 2,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; toxicology performed; flight hours: 468 total, 88 in this make and model, 432 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT, 45 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 19861019081479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861019081479A), Oct 19, 1986: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Harper, KS, Destroyed. The aircraft was observed to pitch up and stall in the vicinity of powerlines. No engine malfunctions found.

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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