# NTSB NYC87DNC10: Huffman Quickie Q2, N22QT, Peterborough, NH, May 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 23, 1987, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Peterborough, NH
- Location: 42.8772° N, 71.9611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peterborough, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8772&lon=-71.9611&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30456
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87DNC10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30456/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DNC10

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22QT-1988-12-05), registration cancelled 1988-12-05, S/N 2182 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUFFMAN QUICKIE Q2
- Registry model: [Huffman G Michael QUICKIE Q2](https://openairdocs.org/model/huffman-g-michael-quickie-q2) (registry code 05645HH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2182
- Airframe hours: 358
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; 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

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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