# Accident 20100408031579A: Quicksilver SPORT 2S, Canton, TX, April 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2010, 19:00 local time
- Place: Canton, TX
- Airport: Thompson Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5781° N, 95.8714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5781&lon=-95.8714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N439MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N439MM-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quicksilver SPORT 2S (registry code 0590025, https://openairdocs.org/model/quicksilver-sport-2s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582UL DCDI (registry code 55563, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ul-dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKSILVER SPORT 2S
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582UL DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100408031579A

## Narrative

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

MR. CHARLES DENNIS TOOK OFF FROM TAILWIND AIRPARK AT 6:30 PM, 4/8/2010.  AT ABOUT 7;00 PM HE INITIATED A TURN TO LAND AT SAME AIRPORT. HE HEARD A POP, AND LOST VERTICAL CONTROL. HE INDICATED HE HAD  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. HE TRIED TO DEPLOY THE BRS AFTER 2 SECONDS. IT DID NOT COMPLETELY DEPLOY, AND HE IMPACTED SOME TREE'S 2 SECONDS LATER. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OUT A 6 INCH BRANCH, AND FELL THROUGH THE LIMBS TO THE GROUND. THE PILOT SEAT WAS WITHIN INCHES OF THE GROUND. THE PILOT HAD NO INJURIES. I DID NOTE  HE WAS WEARING A BACK SUPPORT THE NEXT DAY, BUT HE INDICATED THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE HE WAS 70 YEARS OLD.  THERE WAS CONTINUITY OF ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS. THE AILERON CABLES WERE LOOSE, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THIS WAS FROM IMPACT DAMAGE. THE ELEVATORS COULD NOT BE MOVED, AS THE ELEVATOR WAS BETWEEN TWO BRANCHES. THE CONTROL TUBE WAS INTACT. THE RUDDER WOULD MOVE WITH THE CONTROLS.  THE AIRCRAFT IS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 CEN10CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA200), Apr 9, 2010: Quicksilver Sport 2S (N439MM), Canton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane builder’s improper installation of the left rear wing strut eyebolt.

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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