Hoskins QUICKIE Q2 N202SH

Summary

On 22 August 2001 at about 00:20 local time, a Hoskins QUICKIE Q2 registered N202SH was involved in an accident near Carbondale, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 August 2001 at 00:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Southern Illinois (MDH)

Coordinates

37.7200, -89.2095

Aircraft

Hoskins QUICKIE Q2

Registration

N202SH

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carbondale → Carbondale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI01LA282

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the tailwheel spring. A factor was the directional control not possible by the pilot.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane went off the right side of the runway during landing and the left canard/landing gear was broken. The amateur-built airplane utilizes a canard configuration with the two main wheels incorporated into the tips of the forward canard surface and a tail-wheel attached to the aft fuselage. A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed that the fiberglass tail-wheel spring had fractured just forward of the tailwheel swivel assembly. The rudder cables were routed from the rudder pedals to the tail-wheel swivel assembly and two separate cables ran from the tail-wheel swivel assembly to the rudder itself. No other anomalies were found that could be associated with a preexisting condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.