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FAA accident report · Qiksil LSAGT400 · West Middlesex, PA · May 7, 2006

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Date
May 7, 2006 · 19:30 local
Place
West Middlesex, PA
Airport
West Middlesex Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Qiksil LSAGT400
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
5 total1 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Unregistered aircraft accident--the allegheny FSDO has reclassified the miscellaneous incident reported in the 5/8/06 daily operations report involving an unregistered ultralight vehicle at the West Middlesex Airport. The experimental aircraft involved was an unregistered GT-400 quicksilver, and the pilot of the aircraft, who sustained serious injuries, was non-rated for flight. Further investigation by this office on 5/10/06, revealed that privacy data omitted the non-rated pilot crashed his GT-400 aircraft on take off. The take off was made from runway 36 and crashed 1,056 feet from the approach end of runway 36. The aircraft was found pointing in a direction of approximately 200 degrees as reported by witness privacy data omitted. The aircraft had been removed from the crash site and put into a hangar, prior to the arrival of the FAA investigators. It was, however, determined that ground scars of the crash were located 60 feet from the right edge of runway 36, heading east. It was also noted that tree branches were scored approximately 50 feet above the ground, and tree leaves were found on the right strut of the GT-400 aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT--THE ALLEGHENY FSDO HAS RECLASSIFIED THE MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENT REPORTED IN THE 5/8/06 DAILY OPERATIONS REPORT INVOLVING AN UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE AT THE WEST MIDDLESEX AIRPORT. THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT INVOLVED WAS AN UNREGISTERED GT-400 QUICKSILVER, AND THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHO SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, WAS NON-RATED FOR FLIGHT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THIS OFFICE ON 5/10/06, REVEALED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA^ THE NON-RATED PILOT CRASHED HIS GT-400 AIRCRAFT ON TAKE OFF. THE TAKE OFF WAS MADE FROM RUNWAY 36 AND CRASHED 1,056 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 36. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND POINTING IN A DIRECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 200 DEGREES AS REPORTED BY WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA O^. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CRASH SITE AND PUT INTO A HANGAR, PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FAA INVESTIGATORS. IT WAS, HOWEVER, DETERMINED THAT GROUND SCARS OF THE CRASH WERE LOCATED 60 FEET FROM THE RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY 36, HEADING EAST. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT TREE BRANCHES WERE SCORED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, AND TREE LEAVES WERE FOUND ON THE RIGHT STRUT OF THE GT-400 AIRCRAFT.