Woolsey QUICKIE Q2 N66LW

Summary

On 25 July 1985 at about 21:15 local time, a Woolsey QUICKIE Q2 registered N66LW, operated by Gordon Pratt, was involved in an accident near Rawlins, Wyoming, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 July 1985 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Rawlins, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Rawlins (RWL)

Coordinates

41.7799, -107.2198

Aircraft

Woolsey QUICKIE Q2

Registration

N66LW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gordon Pratt

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Evanston → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LTE04

Nobody was 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

AFTER TAKING OFF, THE PLT NOTED THAT THE ACFT'S CG HAD SHIFTED, & AS FUEL WAS CONSUMED, THE ELEVATOR DOWN AUTHORITY SEEM TO DECAY. HE SUSPECTED THAT BAGGAGE (STOWED BEHIND THE PLT'S SEAT & INACCESSIBLE DURING FLT) HAD SHIFTED AFT REQUIRING GREATER THAN USUAL FORWARD STICK PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLT. ALSO, HE STATED THAT DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF THE HOME BUILT ACFT, THE MAIN WHEEL BRAKES WERE LOCKED IN FLT BECAUSE OF VIBRATION. WHEN THE PLT LANDED AT RAWLINS, HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CG SITUATION & FORGOT TO UNLOCK THE MAIN WHEEL BRAKES. DURING THE LANDING TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT VEERED LEFT ONTO DIRT TERRAIN, CROSSED A DITCH & CAME TO REST WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.