NYC87DNC10

NTSB accident investigation · Huffman Quickie Q2 · Peterborough, NH · May 23, 1987

Accident · FatalFinal report
Date
May 23, 1987, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
Place
Peterborough, NH
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N22QTHuffman Quickie Q2
Weather
Day
Status
Completed · report September 5, 1991
Report
Approved by Office Director
Case key
30456

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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.

In flight encounter with weatherCruise - normal
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - continuedPilot in commandCause
In flight collision with terrain/waterCruise
Proper altitude - not maintainedPilot in commandCause

Analysis

At 0939 EDT, the acft departed syracuse, NY, on a flt to nashua, NH. Subsequently, it was rprtd missing. A search was initiated, but the acft was not found until it was discovered by a hiker aprx 2 months later. The acft had crashed below a mtn top near Peterborough, NH. Initial impact was with trees on rising trrn at an elev of aprx 2000'. The acftcame to rest after hitting svrl trees & traveling about 100' from the initial impact point. No preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure of the acft was rprtd. An odor of fuel was noted, though the acft had remained inverted for APRX2 months. During a period from 0751 to 0951 EDT at manchester, NH, the ceiling went from an estd 5000' bkn, 15,000' bknto 1000' ovc. During the same period at concord, NH, the ceiling went from 4000' bkn, 8000' bkn to 800' bkn, 1900' ovc;at 1014 EDT, the ceiling at concord was 1100' ovc; then at 1052, it increased to 1700' at 1052

Aircraft

Registration
N22QT
Reported as
Huffman Quickie Q2
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Serial number
2182
Airframe hours
358
Engine
Revmaster 2100DQ, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Stanley C. Nicola
Airworthiness certificate
Special, Experimental (Special)
Last inspection
100 hour · May 23, 1985 · 24 hours before
Departed
SYR · Syracuse, NY
Destination
ASH · Nashua, NH
Flight plan
VFR

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
67
Certificates
Airline transport, Flight instructor
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Right
Toxicology
Performed
Flight hours
11,500 total

Weather

Conditions
Day
Wind
30° at 3 knots
Temperature
-0 °F, dew point -0 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg