# Accident 19921219056599A: Amtr QUICKSILVER, Guayama, Puerto Rico, December 19, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1992, 14:00 local time
- Place: Guayama, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 17.9740° N, 66.1121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Guayama, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.9740&lon=-66.1121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4305C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR QUICKSILVER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5 total, 5 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921219056599A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED ON LANDING. CAME DOWN ON ANGLE TO RUNWAY. BEGAN GO AROUND. STRUCK TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA93LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA040), Dec 19, 1992: Cuevas, Orlando S. Quicksilver MXL 2 (N4305C), Guayama, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE MAKING A GO AROUND FOLLOWING A BOUNCED LANDING RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH TREES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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