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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Quicksilver GT 500 · Cross Hill, SC · November 28, 2010

Date
November 28, 2010 · 15:00 local
Place
Cross Hill, SC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1660L
Reported as
Quicksilver GT 500
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total65 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot topped off fuel tanks at concord, NC and departed for Washington, GA. The outboard tanks were in the off position therefore the center tank which feeds the engine was depleted of fuel. The outboard tanks feed the center tank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOPPED OFF FUEL TANKS AT CONCORD, NC AND DEPARTED FOR WASHINGTON, GA. THE OUTBOARD TANKS WERE IN THE OFF POSITION THEREFORE THE CENTER TANK WHICH FEEDS THE ENGINE WAS DEPLETED OF FUEL. THE OUTBOARD TANKS FEED THE CENTER TANK.