Amateur-built QUICKIE 2 accident near Stockbridge, Georgia, March 21, 1987
On March 21, 1987 at about 10:30 pm local time, a amateur-built QUICKIE 2, registered N14QP, was destroyed in an accident near Stockbridge, Georgia (Berry Hill airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person was seriously injured. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- March 21, 1987 · about 10:30 pm local time
- Place
- Stockbridge, Georgia · Berry Hill · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was seriously injured.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built QUICKIE 2
- Registration
- N14QP · no longer on the register · serial 2214
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE HOMEBUILT Q-2 WAS ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN IT IMPACTED THE TREES ABOUT 300 FEET SHORT OF THE TOUCHDOWN POINT. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES AND THE PILOT HAS NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT. HE REPORTED THAT HE DOES NOT RECALL ANY PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT EXCEPT THE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE DURING THE APPROACH.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,903 hours in all; 170 in this make and model; 26 in the last 90 days; 2,711 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: frt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 405 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, May 30, 1986
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Revmaster R-2100-DQ (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 29, 3,000 ft by 40 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; scat at 25,000 ft
- Temperature: 70°F (21°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 12:51 pm from ATL1, 13 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N14QP the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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