# Accident 20080905849189A: Quicks MXLIISPORT, Cleveland, GA, September 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2008, 20:00 local time
- Place: Cleveland, GA
- Airport: Mountain Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5619° N, 83.7136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5619&lon=-83.7136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6152N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6152N-2018-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quicksilver MXL II SPORT (registry code 059005K, https://openairdocs.org/model/quicksilver-mxl-ii-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKS MXLIISPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080905849189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2008, AT 20:00, EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, OCCUPIED BY TWO PERSONS WAS REPORTED BY WITNESSES TO HAVE INITIATED A TOUCH AND GO, THEN CLIMBED APPROX 30-50 FT, THEN POWER WAS REDUCED AND AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND HARD ON THE NOSE AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FRAME TUBES AND BOOMS, MANY OF WHICH WERE SEVERED AND/OR BENT.  THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR AXLE SHEARED AND THE TIRE SWUNG AFT AND WAS ON TOP OF THE RIGHT WING.  THE DUAL CARBURETORS WERE DISLOGED FROM THEIR MOUNT AT IMPACT, AND THE OPERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY WAS BENT BACKWARDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  ALL THREE COMPOSITE PROPELLER BLADES SUSTAINED ROTATIONAL DAMAGE FROM CONTACT WITH EITHER THE BENT FRAMES AND OR GROUND, AND ONE BLADE WAS BROKEN NEAR THE HUB.  THE AIRCRAFT TAIL AND WINGS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND REMAINED INTACT.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC08CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA304), Sep 6, 2008: Quicksilver MXL II (N6152N), Cleveland, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper approach to the runway resulting in his being unable to flare prior to a hard landing.

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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