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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Quicksilver · Newark, TX · November 29, 1993

Date
November 29, 1993 · 17:00 local
Place
Newark, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NR927
Reported as
Amtr Quicksilver
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total15 in this make and model60 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.

Struck wires on takeoff. Airstrip too short for two passengers on board. Uphill downwind. Marijuana in blood test.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES ON TAKEOFF. AIRSTRIP TOO SHORT FOR TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. UPHILL DOWNWIND. MARIJUANA IN BLOOD TEST.