# Accident 19940701017429A: Qckslv GT500, Palmas Del Mar, Puerto Rico, July 1, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1994, 18:00 local time
- Place: Palmas Del Mar, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.0895° N, 65.8022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmas del Mar, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0895&lon=-65.8022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4287L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4287L-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fullana Jose M GT-500 (registry code 05676RC, https://openairdocs.org/model/fullana-jose-m-gt-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QCKSLV GT500
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 208 total, 15 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940701017429A

## Narrative

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

FLYING LOW OVER WATER TO VIEW A BEAC FRONT HOME. PUT ON FULL FLAPS TO SLOW. DOVE INTO WATER.

## 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 MIA94LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA170), Jul 1, 1994: Fullana Quicksilver GT-500 (N4287L), Palmas Del Mar, PR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S ABRUPT LOWERING OF THE FLAPS WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL AT AN ALTITUDE INSUFFICIENT FOR RECOVERY, AND THE PILOT'S UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING.

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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