Montgomery QUICKIE TRI-Q/200 accident near Fort Worth, TX
On June 26, 1998, a Montgomery QUICKIE TRI-Q/200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 26, 1998
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Aircraft
- Montgomery QUICKIE TRI-Q/200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 32.530°N, 97.320°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10294
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT: On June 26, 1998, at 0815 central daylight time, a Montgomery Quickie Tri-Q/200, homebuilt airplane, N699WB, impacted the terrain east of runway 17R at the Fort Worth Spinks Airport near Fort Worth, Texas. The airplane, owned and built by the commercial pilot, was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, received fatal injuries and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the personal flight. The flight originated at the time of the accident. One witness at the fixed base operator (FBO) hangar area observed the airplane during a high speed taxi on runway 17R. After becoming airborne, the "nose went up to about a 45 degree up angle, banked to the right about 30 degrees then back to the left about 40 to 50 degrees, then flipped all the way over at the altitude of about 100 feet above the runway." The airplane descended nearly vertical to the ground. Another witness heard the engine and observed the airplane enter "a right bank of approximately 40 degrees." The airplane maneuvered with an estimated 20 degrees pitch up and 5 degrees pitch down. Subsequently, the airplane entered a "continuous steady rol[l] to the left in a slight nose up approximately 5 to 10 degrees until it became inverted the nose then dropped to near perpendicular to the ground." The airplane was approximately 50 feet [agl] when it began descending to the ground, striking at "almost a straight down attitude." This witness stated that the
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control when an excessive taxispeed resulted in an inadvertent lift-off of the airplane. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience in the make and model of aircraft.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
