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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Quickslverii · Chewelah, WA · September 5, 2005

Date
September 5, 2005 · 17:45 local
Place
Chewelah, WA
Airport
Sand Canyon Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4246N
Reported as
Amtr Quickslverii
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total200 in this make and model

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.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted owns and operated N4246N, a quicksilver mx ii aircraft on September 5, 2005. This particular model of aircraft exceeds the weight limits of us CFR 103.1(e)(1), and cannot be operated as an ultralight aircraft. Witnesses in the Chewelah, Washington area reported observing this aircraft performing low level aerobatics over the city limits. In a telephone interview with an FAA inspector, the pilot privacy data omitted stated he had completed six tight turns over a friend's house when the enginge quit. He determined the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion, and landed with one gallon in the tank. The aircraft received minor damage to the nose and right landing gear as a result of this emergency landing. The pilot privacy data omitted does not hold an FAA pilot or medical certificate.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ OWNS AND OPERATED N4246N, A QUICKSILVER MX II AIRCRAFT ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2005. THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF AIRCRAFT EXCEEDS THE WEIGHT LIMITS OF US CFR 103.1(E)(1), AND CANNOT BE OPERATED AS AN ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT. WITNESSES IN THE CHEWELAH, WASHINGTON AREA REPORTED OBSERVING THIS AIRCRAFT PERFORMING LOW LEVEL AEROBATICS OVER THE CITY LIMITS. IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED HE HAD COMPLETED SIX TIGHT TURNS OVER A FRIEND'S HOUSE WHEN THE ENGINGE QUIT. HE DETERMINED THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION, AND LANDED WITH ONE GALLON IN THE TANK. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR AS A RESULT OF THIS EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ DOES NOT HOLD AN FAA PILOT OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.