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FAA accident report · Quicksilver Sport 2S · Waverly, MN · May 30, 2019

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Date
May 30, 2019 · 19:43 local
Place
Waverly, MN
Airport
Private, Borrell
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
UNK
Reported as
Quicksilver Sport 2S
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
804 total1 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The PIC and another noncertificated passenger were doing run ups and taxi checks on the private grass 2350FT airstrip behind the PIC?s house. They had been performing straight up and downs, going airborne for a few hundred feet and setting the aircraft back down on the runway. The weather was good, the fields to the sides of the runway were muddy and had standing water in some places. After about 20 short and straight flights the PIC decided to go airborne parallel to the airstrip with the plan that he would make a left 180 turn and land back on the airstrip. Flying along about 50 feet over the ground the aircraft engine lost power, the airplane went straight ahead and had a hard landing in the cut cornfield. The aircraft had run out of gas leading to the power failure. With two adult males well over 200LBS each this aircraft was being operated very near to max gross weight. The frame was broken in many places, significant damage to the left wing and it?s supporting struts, and nose gear was tore off.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC AND ANOTHER NONCERTIFICATED PASSENGER WERE DOING RUN UPS AND TAXI CHECKS ON THE PRIVATE GRASS 2350FT AIRSTRIP BEHIND THE PIC?S HOUSE. THEY HAD BEEN PERFORMING STRAIGHT UP AND DOWNS, GOING AIRBORNE FOR A FEW HUNDRED FEET AND SETTING THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS GOOD, THE FIELDS TO THE SIDES OF THE RUNWAY WERE MUDDY AND HAD STANDING WATER IN SOME PLACES. AFTER ABOUT 20 SHORT AND STRAIGHT FLIGHTS THE PIC DECIDED TO GO AIRBORNE PARALLEL TO THE AIRSTRIP WITH THE PLAN THAT HE WOULD MAKE A LEFT 180 TURN AND LAND BACK ON THE AIRSTRIP. FLYING ALONG ABOUT 50 FEET OVER THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER, THE AIRPLANE WENT STRAIGHT AHEAD AND HAD A HARD LANDING IN THE CUT CORNFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT HAD RUN OUT OF GAS LEADING TO THE POWER FAILURE. WITH TWO ADULT MALES WELL OVER 200LBS EACH THIS AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED VERY NEAR TO MAX GROSS WEIGHT. THE FRAME WAS BROKEN IN MANY PLACES, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND IT?S SUPPORTING STRUTS, AND NOSE GEAR WAS TORE OFF.