Fatal this afternoon

On Mar 6, 12:21 pm, "quietguy" wrote:
Low-mounted front wing, high-mounted rear wing, no horizontal tail,
forward-angled main gear mounted just behind the cockpit: it's a Tri-
Q, a tricycle version of the Quickie 2.

FAA Preliminary Report says it's a Quickie Q-2
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 89WW Make/Model: EXP Description: QUICKIE Q-2
Date: 03/05/2007 Time: 2045

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N
Missing: N
Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
City: EDWARDSVILLE State: IL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED AFTER REPORTING A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, THE ONE PERSON
ON
BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, 1 MILE FROM EDWARDSVILLE, IL

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min:
0 Unk:

WEATHER: ALN WX 2055Z 36014 10 FEW150 A3029

OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER

Departed: ALTON, IL Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: Flt Plan: VFR Wx
Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:

FAA FSDO: SPRINGFIELD, IL (GL19) Entry date:
03/06/2007
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Flying Machine - http://pad39a.com/gene/
Because we fly, we envy no one.

Although it may not be worth very much . . . I agree with you guys, I
was mistaken. It was a Quickie Q-2, not an Eagle 150.

take care . . .

John

On Mar 7, 2:44 pm, "John" wrote:
Although it may not be worth very much . . . I agree with you guys, I
was mistaken. It was a Quickie Q-2, not an Eagle 150.

take care . . .

No problem. I'm certainly no expert on types.

Every crash is a tragedy. As has happened to most of us at some time
or another, this one came so very close to home. Though I didn't know
the pilot, he was based at the same airport we are. It happened about
3 miles from our house. In my office I have a scanner monitoring
police, fire and aviation frequencies. A pilot, I believe a pipeline
patrol, witnessed the crash but rescuers had difficulty getting to the
site becasue of locked gates and muddy fields. So many tried to help.
Such a desperate, helpless feeling. ;(
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Flying Machine - http://pad39a.com/gene/