20171022018069A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Quicksilver SPRINT II · East Bridgewate, MA · October 22, 2017

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Date: October 22, 2017 · 11:30 local
Place: East Bridgewate, MA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N59WT
Reported as: Quicksilver Sprint II
Reported engine: ROTAX 582
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 731 total75 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N59WTRegistered now · Quicksilver SPRINT IIS/N 613 · Built 2003 Airframe modelQuicksilver SPRINT II Engine modelRotax 582SER2 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 elected to atempt an off airport landing on a gravel berm road between two cranberry bogs. Just prior to touchdown he noticed he would not clear an existing rise at the beginning of the berm road. He added power but struck the rise. The left main landing wheel impacted the ground and separated from the aircraft. The two nose wheel struts also failed on impact resulting in the loss of the nose wheel. The subsequent crash caused wing spar and airframe damage. Witness reported "it landed roughly and flipped forward.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ELECTED TO ATEMPT AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON A GRAVEL BERM ROAD BETWEEN TWO CRANBERRY BOGS. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN HE NOTICED HE WOULD NOT CLEAR AN EXISTING RISE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BERM ROAD. HE ADDED POWER BUT STRUCK THE RISE. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING WHEEL IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE TWO NOSE WHEEL STRUTS ALSO FAILED ON IMPACT RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF THE NOSE WHEEL. THE SUBSEQUENT CRASH CAUSED WING SPAR AND AIRFRAME DAMAGE. WITNESS REPORTED "IT LANDED ROUGHLY AND FLIPPED FORWARD.