Nixon QUICKIE 1 N67SN

Summary

On 27 September 1987 at about 18:25 local time, a Nixon QUICKIE 1 registered N67SN, operated by Patrick Wayne Whitten, was involved in an accident near Del Rio, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 September 1987 at 18:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Del Rio, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Del Rio Intl (DRT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Nixon QUICKIE 1

Registration

N67SN

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Patrick Wayne Whitten

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW87DRG07

1 person was 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

EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE PLT HAD FLOWN THE HOME BUILT ACFT ON ITS MAIDEN FLT OF 0.2 HRS WITH NO RPRTD PROBLEMS. HE STATED THAT AFTER TAKING OFF ON THE 2ND FLT, HE WAS CLIMBING AT APRX 200' AGL WHEN THE ACFT SEEMED TO HIT A GUST OF WIND & ROLL LEFT. HE APPLIED OPPOSITE AILERON WHICH FAILED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. WITNESSES RPRTD THE ACFT STARTED A SHALLOW RGT TURN, THEN IT ENTERED A STEEP BANK & DOVE TOWARD THE GROUND. THE PLT INDCD THE ACFT ENTERED A DEPARTURE STALL & THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALT TO RECOVER. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE ACDNT, THE PLT HAD NO FLT TIME IN THIS MAKE & MODEL OF ACFT. HE HAD 1 HR OF FLT TIME IN OTHER ACFT DURING THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS. THE 1256 CDT WIND AT DEL RIO, TX WAS RPRTD TO BE FROM 070 DEG AT 8 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.