# Accident 20171022018069A: Quicksilver SPRINT II, East Bridgewate, MA, October 22, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2017, 11:30 local time
- Place: East Bridgewate, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0334° N, 70.9592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Bridgewater, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0334&lon=-70.9592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quicksilver SPRINT II (registry code 059008M, https://openairdocs.org/model/quicksilver-sprint-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKSILVER SPRINT II
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 731 total, 75 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171022018069A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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