Experimental Plane Crash Landed On Hwy Near Sumner WA

[caioghiotto]

The most important thing is that you came out alright.

[nipponhouseplayer]

25 gallons ouch!

[zimtower]

Pilot derped that flight.

[df446]

What road was this on? Not Forest Canyon. Forest Canyon Rd is a narrow, poorly maintained section of road between East Valley Hwy and Sumner-Tapps Hwy.

Perhaps it was on Lake Tapps Pkwy E just East of Lakeland Hills Wy?

[VX2100DV]

@df446 At the time there was only the Forest Canyon sign, very few homes and no businesses. After being up there again for drownings at Lake Tapps last summer I would have to say Lake Tapps Pkwy.

[blueanglesrule]

@docrw small world huh?

[Guinnie]

it is a dangerous design

[nalzager]

That's why they have been building and flying them for 32 years. Design had nothing to do with it. It was engine failure.

[Guinnie]

@nalzager design is not the best Rutan had to offer

[mynameisntmicah]

@Guinnie it is not a "dangerous" design, it has never failed due to a design flaw. like the guy said it was a cam gear that failed so you might wanna take that up with volkswagen because chances are it was one of the many aircraft engines modified from the vw motor. i'm just say'n.

[solarday]

Lucky chap

[TitanMan404]

Its called a Canard wing and the plane is a Dragonfly or Quickie 2

[skazhiprivet]

I guess they need to do some more testing...

:-P

[Richey2009]

Poor Quickie...

[FloppyDongProduction]

Quote ''looks like a naboo star fighter''

looks like your retarded

[freakyflow]

drug runner lol :)

[kyotoair]

looks like a naboo starfighter

[kieranthinkssamisgay]

oh well rutan dont produce them anymore

[DoctorofEducation]

This guy must be a heck of a good pilot, since these planes are very very fast on approach and survivability is quite low because of it's landing speed. 5 stars for the great pilot.

[4cryingoutloudagain]

@DoctorofEducation I totally agree with you that's a small road and narrow for a plane like that! Most people couldn't have landed a Cessna 150 on a curved road much less something with a 90 mph approach speed... Looks like the wing broke so he didn't have control of steering and was along for the ride.

That is one talented pilot, my hats off to him!!!

*

[nothingIwanted]

considering everything that is pretty good outcome. A few broken bits, but the cockpit is intact. Can't say that for many other crashes certified aircraft or not.

[SenorSpode]

The accident occurred on August 25, 2001, according to the NTSB. Carburetor was found to be in too-lean condition, which stalled engine during descent. Pilot leaned carb out due to excessive rich setting. The plane is a Q2: it is an offshoot from the original single-seat Quickie which was powered by an opposed twin-cylinder 18-horse Onan generator engine.

[killingamps]

Looks like the experiment failed!

[Rover2000P6]

LoL Very good. ;)

[MTPilothln]

I own a Burt Rutan Long-EZ that I fly a lot; Burt Rutan designs from this Quickie to the Long-EZ are incredible aircraft.  He is way ahead of his time, it's the best aircraft I have ever flown.

[kieranthinkssamisgay]

i think thats a quickie q2

[kgcwhazup]

WHOOOOOOOOOPS!!!!

[JonJon95GT]

My old flight instructor said once in ref to a Dragonfly (cousin of the Quickie) "I thought that I had to fly everything with wings, until I saw that". They are very crash prone, although this time I'm sure it was the engine and not the airframe.

[alloutperformance]

These things are FAST, that pilot did a phenomenal job putting it where he did. Glad he's OK and walked away unhurt and sorry about that nice plane!!! Hope you get it flying again.

[hangarrat101]

It's called a Quickie Q2 and it's powered (I think by a converted VW engine. Quickies rule.....just not when they're sat on the side of the highway like that

[bert91212]

thats not an experimental plane, you can buy one Burt rutan designed it

[DougRodrigues]

All homebuilt kit airplanes are classified as "Experimental." I know...I'm building one now. I don't believe that Burt Rutan designed the quickie. The original ones used target drone engnes...just about impossible to get now.

[bert91212]

nah im pretty sure he designed it, i watched it on the history channel and after it i looked it up, but almost 100% positive he did

[bert91212]

yea i double checked it Google Burt Rutan quickie he did design it

[DougRodrigues]

Oh, okay...I stand corrected. I didn't know that?

[11507jennie]

Rutan quickie. Beautiful plane.

[456run]

what a terrible loss of your baby...

[masterpaperaircrafts]

Beautifull airplane

[rsduhamel]

It's either a Dragonfly or a Quickie. The differences a subtle, at least to me.

[xfatdannx]

If you look the Quickie kind of merges the gear with its wings for lift and the wing behind the canopy look smaller, the Dragonfly looks like it has 4 wings for lift and the gear is a completly seperate peace. But you're right the basic design is real close.

[rsduhamel]

So this is clearly a Quickie. Thanks. I can clearly see the difference now.

[gstoner007]

look at the engine cowlings- dragonfly cowling bulges for the cooling baffles...

[mousedevouredcat]

This is a Burt Rutan, Q-200 Experimental Aircraft. It is a great flying canard aircraft. This was a popular kit to build. There was also a tri-gear conversion kit that moved the gear in from the wingtips and then had a nose wheel. It is sad to see one like this. I have seen worse, but they can be fixed and back flying~!

[docrw]

Burt didn't really design the Q2 or Q200, he designed the Q1 Quickie with the Onan 18 hp engine. Also it's quite easy to tell the difference of the Dfly and Q2, the Q's are more rounded looking and the Dflys had 3 gear configurations including the tip gear as this one has.

I miss this plane it was my best Q but my current one is faster and is a Q200.

[hawk7900]

Looks like a UFO to me! LOL JK!

[roughrider040]

Hey, the propeller is still good! <]:-D

[kylesaenz90]

your face

[kylesaenz90]

your face

[DrGreTuLR]

the plane looks like a Rutan Quickee

[surf4luke]

Saw one of these once, think its called a "dragon fly." Can't remember, but it might of been a Kit plane.

[goofboot]

looks like a routan "quickie" airplane

[gerbain87]

isnt that just a biplane?

[docrw]

It's called a tandem wing. See my video under "docrw" for more.

[VX2100DV]

Thank you. Please feel free to post one of the Quickie videos as a video response if you would like too.

[Cirrux]

Anyone know the date, like as in what day in september, if it was before 9/11?

[VX2100DV]

It was before the 11th, Maybe around the 7th or 8th.

[docrw]

@VX2100DV It was actually late Aug. Best part of the story was when I flew to N. Carolina 3 hours later and the co-pilot recognized me from the news before he left for work and asked me "were you just on TV?" and I said probably.... "did you just crash land" and I said yes.... the shock on his face was priceless.

[docrw]

It was late August but can't remember the date exactly. I only got a couple of scratches...

[dudeholysh1t]

wow its strange that it happened in september of 2001

[Geistero]

what is so strange about it? Since the invention of a plane, every day and every month somebody crashes...

[j4cko56]

looks like a q200

[Jakearijuana]

this happend September 2001- intersting

[bbtapb]

Hardly a "Crash". Looks like a successful emergency landing where the airplane protected the pilot quite well. Actually, to anyone who knows anything about anything that flies, it looks like it would glide quite well, if at a high forward speed.

[OIMAPauly]

Wonderfully condescending remark

[Mtrhd0024]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing!

Glad to hear the pilot wasn't hurt! The airplane did appear to protect the pilot pretty well. I say the pilot did a good job landing this thing with the engine out!

Knowing how fast these little airplanes are and how hot of an approach you have to fly for a successful landing, this is no small accomplishment! Sorry about your airplane though!

[docrw]

Mtrhd0024

Thank you for saying so. I do miss that plane it was a really nice one. The guy that built the engine put the wrong cam gear in and it eventually failed. That guy should have been shot since he's suppose to be an expert VW builder and knew better.

I still have a Quickie but with a different engine and it's great. I was lucky I had a place like that to land otherwise I wouldn't be writing this.

[djdecember]

sure doesnt look like it would glide to well if the engine quit. looks like it would just sink

[mun2cat]

hey wait a mini

look like out gas did fall not too bust guy not die i knew on tv see b4 police say

idk how min time fly down no look our is

10fox say airplane out gas did fall on light back more out flying 160mph low down 50mph bust on look video see did

[Brainonplease]

Docrw,

I have 260 hrs in a Q200. I sold it because I knew if the engine quit, it was a quick way to die. The 170 mph cruise on 5 gph was nice. It was a hand full to land with low forward visibility. What it needed was a center tundra tire like the Europa with the wing tip wheels removed and glider wheels there. This way it would be able to land safe. The canard is a death trap. Don't pitch up in a stall, you may not recover....

[docrw]

I was the one who landed this plane. I landed on the parkway on top of the hill, the road was opened just two weeks before the forced landing. I just unhurt only a small bruise on my left arm.

[VX2100DV]

Despite what it looks like, you did a very good job landing this. Is this a Q-200? I was told what it was when I covered this, but after six years I've forgotten.

[docrw]

It's a Q2. The cam gear failed. I was fortunate that there was no one in that direction in the path. When the plane finally came to a stop I lifted the canopy and a lady in a green Honda accord was right in front of me starring at me with pie tin sized eyes asking if I was OK. I hopped out and say I'm fine don't call anyone, the EMT said they got nearly 200 calls a few before I even landed I think. I was lucky that there was no fire since it dumped nearly 25 gallons of fuel out of the plane.

[ormus55]

Looks like a Quickie Q-200?

very sad.

[mrdavidjames]

I dont live too far from this site and worked in the area at the time of this accident. Forest Canyon must have just been finished?? I cant remember exact dates......

[VX2100DV]

FC had be open maybe 3 or 4 weeks?

[AuntBee09]

it WAS a pretty cool looking plane. at least no one was driving or walking their dog on that road.

i liked the shots with the police SUV in back of the plane and then the close up of police and the (i assume) pilot :)