On Jun 17, 2021, at 21:40, Bill Higdon via groups.io <willard561@...> wrote:



A private experimentally built Quickie Q2 Tri-Q, registration N8054Y, impacted the terrain shortly after takeoff from Gila Bend Municipal Airport (E63), Maricopa County, Arizona.

The airplane was destroyed by the ensuing post crash fire and one of the two occupants onboard was fatally injured. The second occupant onboard was seriously injured.

The Q2 is a tandem wing design, having one forward wing (canard) and one rear wing (instead of the more usual main wing and horizontal stabilizer). The elevators are fitted to the forward wing so that all pitch control comes from the forward wing, similar to the canard configuration. The Quickie Q2 variant is a two-seat aircraft with a 64-horsepower (48 kW) Volkswagen air-cooled engine and could be constructed as a Tri-Q with tricycle rather than conventional landing gear.

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/one-dead-in-plane-crash-near-gila-bend-municipal-airport-arizona-plane-crash-june-15-2021/75-3f94e417-4c99-4cc8-94be-78f1550ec45a
https://cdn.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/264043