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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Quicksilver MXL II SPORT · Rockport, TX · May 30, 2014

Date
May 30, 2014 · 15:00 local
Place
Rockport, TX
Airport
Hunt
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N427TC
Reported as
Quicksilver MXL II Sport
Reported engine
ROTAX 582ULDCDI-99
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1 total150 in this make and model1 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.

The non-certificated pilot departed in a modified Quicksilver aircraft that does not have an air worthiness certificate or current registration.

The pilot stated that he had not flown in a year and previous to that one flight neither he nor the aircraft had flown in several years.

The aircraft lost power when the fuel transfer line between the left and right fuel cell became clogged with the sealant from the fuel tank causing fuel starvation.

The pilot elected to land in a cotton field and the aircraft received minor damage during the landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT DEPARTED IN A MODIFIED QUICKSILVER AIRCRAFT THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN AIR WORTHINESS CERTIFICATE OR CURRENT REGISTRATION.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN IN A YEAR AND PREVIOUS TO THAT ONE FLIGHT NEITHER HE NOR THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN IN SEVERAL YEARS.

THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER WHEN THE FUEL TRANSFER LINE BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL CELL BECAME CLOGGED WITH THE SEALANT FROM THE FUEL TANK CAUSING FUEL STARVATION.

THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A COTTON FIELD AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING.