20070827832239A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Qckslv GT 500 · New London, WI · August 27, 2007

Date
August 27, 2007 · 18:52 local
Place
New London, WI
Airport
Mcfaul
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2755N
Reported as
Qckslv GT500
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total50 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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) On August 27, 2007 at 06:52 pm, N2755N, a quicksilver GT500, a "heavy" ultralite aircraft inadvertently became airborne on a private airstrip. The owner/private pilot who was not a licensed mechanic did not have enough remaining runway to stop so he continued the takeoff and attempted to return for a landing. He had not fastened his seatbelts. The newly installed powerplant did not develop sufficient power to sustain flight and while attempting to land in a hay field the aircraft impacted the ground ejecting the pilot. The pilot sustained serious injuries. The aircfaft sustained substantial damage. Weather was not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 27, 2007 AT 06:52 PM, N2755N, A QUICKSILVER GT500, A "HEAVY" ULTRALITE AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE ON A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. THE OWNER/PRIVATE PILOT WHO WAS NOT A LICENSED MECHANIC DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH REMAINING RUNWAY TO STOP SO HE CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN FOR A LANDING. HE HAD NOT FASTENED HIS SEATBELTS. THE NEWLY INSTALLED POWERPLANT DID NOT DEVELOP SUFFICIENT POWER TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A HAY FIELD THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND EJECTING THE PILOT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCFAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.