# Accident 20090625047419A: P & M Aviat QUIKR, Cedartown, GA, June 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cedartown, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0178° N, 85.1411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0178&lon=-85.1411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N433PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N433PM-2010-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: P&M QUIKR (registry code 060006X, https://openairdocs.org/model/p-m-quikr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: P & M AVIAT QUIKR
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 556 total, 18 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA369) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090625047419A

## Narrative

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

THE FOLLOWING ARE FROM EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS: THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 600 TO 1000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY AT THE SAME TIME THE LEFT WING WENT UP. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED TO SPIRAL 3 OR 4 TIMES CLOCKWISE AS VIEWED FROM ABOVE AND HIT THE TREES AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE ENGINE WAS HEARD TO BE OPERABLE ON IMPACT.  THE FOLLOWING ARE FACTS OBSERVED AT THE SCENE: ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.  EVIDENCE SHOWS THE ENGINE  TO HAVE BEEN MAKING POWER ON IMPACT. THE DEBRIS FIELD WAS RELATIVLEY COMPACT AND THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WAS APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES.

## 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 ERA09LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA369), Jun 25, 2009: P&M Quikr (N433PM), Cedar Town, GA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of aircraft control for an undetermined reason.

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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