Fatal this afternoon

[Gene Seibel]

A couple miles north of Edwardsville, IL and 3 miles ESE of ALN (St
Louis Regional). Best info I have is a biplane. A pilot who witnessed
it said it was trailing smoke, impacted, went 30 yards and flipped.
Fire department had difficult time getting to isolated rural site
because of locked gates and weak bridges.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Flying Machine - http://pad39a.com/gene/
Because we fly, we envy no one.

[Gene Seibel]

On Mar 5, 3:45 pm, "Gene Seibel" > wrote:
> A couple miles north of Edwardsville, IL and 3 miles ESE of ALN (St
> Louis Regional). Best info I have is a biplane. A pilot who witnessed
> it said it was trailing smoke, impacted, went 30 yards and flipped.
> Fire department had difficult time getting to isolated rural site
> because of locked gates and weak bridges.
> --
> Gene Seibel
> Gene & Sue's Flying Machine -http://pad39a.com/gene/
> Because we fly, we envy no one.


http://www.kmov.com/ Looks like a Quickie.
--
Gene

[John[_1_]]

>
> http://www.kmov.com/Looks like a Quickie.
> --
Look close at the location of the main landing gear and the
planform. I think it is an Eagle 150 built by Eagle Aircraft Pty
Ltd. In either case, it's sad and my thoughts and prayers go to the
families that lost somemone today.

Take care . . .

John

[quietguy]

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.

[Gene Seibel]

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.

[John[_1_]]

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

[Gene Seibel]

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/