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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Quicksilver SPORT 2 · Ashland, OR · August 5, 2011

Date: August 5, 2011 · 08:08 local
Place: Ashland, OR
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N752DF
Reported as: Quicksilver Sport 2
Reported engine: ROTAX 503 DCDI
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 91 total10 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N752DFRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Quicksilver SPORT 2S/N 000468 · Built 1992 Airframe modelQuicksilver SPORT 2 Engine modelRotax 503 DCDI2 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot flew several touch and go operations at Ashland airport and then departed the airport to the east for sightseeing. He was in cruise flight 3 to 4 miles from the airport at 1000 feet AGL. The engine lost all power and privacy data omitted set up to land going uphill in some uneven terrain. He bounced three times and on the third bounce, the front landing gear structure folded under and trapped the pilot in the aircraft, unhurt. Pilot thought he was flying under part 103. He was under part 91 and therefore not properly certificated.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS AT ASHLAND AIRPORT AND THEN DEPARTED THE AIRPORT TO THE EAST FOR SIGHTSEEING. HE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT 3 TO 4 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT AT 1000 FEET AGL. THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SET UP TO LAND GOING UPHILL IN SOME UNEVEN TERRAIN. HE BOUNCED THREE TIMES AND ON THE THIRD BOUNCE, THE FRONT LANDING GEAR STRUCTURE FOLDED UNDER AND TRAPPED THE PILOT IN THE AIRCRAFT, UNHURT. PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS FLYING UNDER PART 103. HE WAS UNDER PART 91 AND THEREFORE NOT PROPERLY CERTIFICATED.