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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Quicksilver · Galt, CA · July 19, 2005

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Date: July 19, 2005
Place: Galt, CA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr Quicksilver
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) According to witnesses the pilot privacy data omitted was flying west to east over dry creek golf course and it appeared he was having engine problems and was attempting to restart the engine. Witnesses watched the two place ultralite, with the prop not rotating, bank to the north then cirle around back south when it appeared the pilot lost control and nose dived into the ground. The NTSB has determined this as an accident based on the fact that the pilot did not have an exemption with an instructors endorsement to operate a two place ultralite, therefore the aircraft is classed as an unregistered aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS FLYING WEST TO EAST OVER DRY CREEK GOLF COURSE AND IT APPEARED HE WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE. WITNESSES WATCHED THE TWO PLACE ULTRALITE, WITH THE PROP NOT ROTATING, BANK TO THE NORTH THEN CIRLE AROUND BACK SOUTH WHEN IT APPEARED THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND NOSE DIVED INTO THE GROUND. THE NTSB HAS DETERMINED THIS AS AN ACCIDENT BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE AN EXEMPTION WITH AN INSTRUCTORS ENDORSEMENT TO OPERATE A TWO PLACE ULTRALITE, THEREFORE THE AIRCRAFT IS CLASSED AS AN UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT.