20111218029899A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Quicksilver MXL II · Loreauville, LA · December 18, 2011

Date
December 18, 2011 · 14:00 local
Place
Loreauville, LA
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N61202
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12CA119
Reported as
Quicksilver MXL II
Reported engine
ROTAX 582
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total6 in this make and model6 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.

Flying upwind and from approximately 200 ft AGL, privacy data omitted entered a steep left turn that resulted in a stall-spin. He stated he did not add throttle as the aircraft lost "power." The aircraft impacted the ground, pontoons first.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING UPWIND AND FROM APPROXIMATELY 200 FT AGL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENTERED A STEEP LEFT TURN THAT RESULTED IN A STALL-SPIN. HE STATED HE DID NOT ADD THROTTLE AS THE AIRCRAFT LOST "POWER." THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND, PONTOONS FIRST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.