# Accident 19990813012179A: Qckslv GT500, Ormond Beach, FL, August 13, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1999, 17:43 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2858° N, 81.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ormond Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2858&lon=-81.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5503M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5503M-2011-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quicksilver GT-500 (registry code 7350000, https://openairdocs.org/model/quicksilver-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 ROTAX912
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990813012179A

## Narrative

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

POSSIBLE STOLEN AIRCRAFT, FOUND ABANDONED IN A FIELD BY NEIGHBORS WHO CALLED SHERIFF, ACFT FOUND ON 8/13/99, SHERIFF CONTACTED OWNER WHO ADVISED HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT ACFT HAD BEEN FLOWN IN LAST 2 DAYS, RT WING IS DAMAGED AND APPEARS TO HAVE CLIPPED A TREE, LANDING GEAR ALSO DAMAGED. (.4)ACCORDING TO THE FAA, THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT AWARE THAT IT HAD BEEN FLOWN IN THE LAST TWO DAYS. WITNESSES WHO FOUND THE AIRPLANE REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS COLD. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED WING AND LANDING GEAR DAMAGE. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE AIRPLANE WAS DISCOVERED BY A NEIGHBOR OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND ABANDONED. THE AIRPLANE OWNER STATED THAT THE LAST TIME HE SAW THE AIRPLANE WAS ON AUGUST 11 WHEN IT WAS SECURED IN HIS HANGAR AT THE ORMOND BEACH AIRPORT. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE POLICE FOUND THE HANGAR DOORS CLOSED AND THE PADLOCK UNSECURED. ACCORDING TO THE AIRPLANE OWNER, ONLY HE AND SUNRISE AVIATION HAD KEYS TO THE PADLOCK AND THE KEY TO THE AIRPLANE WAS IN THE AIRPLANE. HE REPORTED THAT NO ONE HAD PERMISSION TO USE HIS AIRPLANE.

## 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 ATL99LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA117), Aug 13, 1999: Quicksilver GT-500 (N5503M), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight collision with an object for an undetermined reasons. A factor was the stolen/unauthorized use of the airplane.

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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