# Incident 20140530007899I: Quicksilver MXL II SPORT, Rockport, TX, May 30, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Rockport, TX
- Airport: Hunt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8864° N, 97.3496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNT (9R5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8864&lon=-97.3496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427TC-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quicksilver MXL II SPORT (registry code 059005K, https://openairdocs.org/model/quicksilver-mxl-ii-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582ULDCDI-99 (registry code 55560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582uldcdi-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKSILVER MXL II SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582ULDCDI-99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1 total, 150 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140530007899I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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