Amateur Built QUICKIE Q2 N1234

Summary

On 14 November 1982 at about 19:00 local time, a Amateur Built QUICKIE Q2 registered N1234, operated by Thomas H. Newhard, was involved in an accident near Death Valley, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 November 1982 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Death Valley, California, United States

Nearest airport

Death Valley Airport (L06)

Coordinates

36.6000, -116.8309

Aircraft

Amateur Built QUICKIE Q2

Registration

N1234

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Thomas H. Newhard

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Camarillo → Suffolk

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LVW01

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 100 FROM THE TOUCHDOWN POINT, "THE BOTTOM FELL OUT AND WE HIT GROUND." AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PLANE INITIALLY IMPACTED WITH A 6 FT SAND DUNE ABOUT 60 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN BEHIND N1234. THE PILOT OF THE OTHER PLANE DID NOT SEE THE ACTUAL IMPACT, BUT HE REPORTED THAT N1234 FLEW A LONG DOWNWIND AND A LONG, LOW FINAL APPROACH. HE STATED THAT THE AIR WAS SMOOTH EXCEPT FOR SOME THERMALS ON DOWNWIND. HE SAW THE DUST FROM THE CRASH AND SAID IT ROSE NEARLY STRAIGHT-UP AND DRIFTED GRADUALLY. ALSO, HE NOTICED NO UNUSUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN HE LANDED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.