19830314007819A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Quicksilver · Lakeland, FL · March 14, 1983

Date
March 14, 1983 · 17:35 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3132S
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA83LA100
Reported as
Amtr Quicksilver
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,502 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to obtain climb speed on takeoff due to fouled sparkplugs and pilots use of wing spoilers on takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO OBTAIN CLIMB SPEED ON TAKEOFF DUE TO FOULED SPARKPLUGS AND PILOTS USE OF WING SPOILERS ON TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.