# Accident 20050701013679A: Amtr MXLII, Palmdale, CA, July 1, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2005, 19:30 local time
- Place: Palmdale, CA
- Airport: Brian Ranch Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5153° N, 117.7620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Brian Ranch Airport (CL13), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5153&lon=-117.7620&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MXLII
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050701013679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 1, 2005, AT 1930 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN UNREGISTERED QUICKSILVER MX LII SPORT, IMPACTED TERRAIN JUST FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM THE BRIAN RANCH AIRPORT, PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT, ALSO THE BUILDER OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS OPERATING IT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 103. THE PILOT, WHO DID NOT HOLD ANY FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISRATION PILOT CERTIFICATES, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT WAS DEPARTING THE PRIVATE AIRPORT ON A LOCAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO A RELATIVE OF THE PILOT, JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE RELATIVE AND THE PILOT HAD LANDED BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. THE PILOT WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS SO HE DROPPED THE RELATIVE OFF AND DEPARTED ALONE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE TAKEOFF, WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS ABOUT 75 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE AIRPLANE BANKED TO THE LEFT AND DESCENDED INTO THE TERRAIN. UPON PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF POWER MALFUNCTIONS AND CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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