20210225005449A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Hattiesburg, MS · February 25, 2021

Date
February 25, 2021 · 16:34 local
Place
Hattiesburg, MS
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported engine
ROTAX 503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total600 in this make and model25 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.

2/25/2021 2234Z 1634CST, event id: 652372. The jackson Mississippi flight standards district office received a report about an unregistered ultralight that crashed for unknown reasons near privacy data omitted (lat/long: 31.107809N, -089.274323W). One person reported injuries and severe damage to the aircraft

03-02-2021 - Personnel from this office make contact with the aircraft privacy data omitted privacy data omitted who verified that he was the pilot of the unregistered ultralight during the accident on 2/25/2021 near his home when the engine quit during flight. He looked for an emergency landing, and headed towards the field on privacy data omitted during the emergency landing, the plane wing clipped a tree limb and turned the ultralight over.

03/03/2021 - Personnel from this office performed an onsite examination of the aircraft to verify compliance with CFR 103.1. All placard, labels, aircraft fuel tank and the aircraft rudder had been removed from the aircraft.

The aircraft was equipped with two seats, and a Rotax 503 engine with three bladed propeller. The airframe sustained substantial damage to the right wing and to the fuselage. The pilot was unable to produce a pilot?s operating handbook or operating limitations for the ultralight. The pilot was unable to produce any maintenance records or maintenance history for ultralight.

The ultralight appears to fits the description of a quicksilver mxii sprint. The specifications for a quicksilver mx ii sprint from the quicksilver aircraft website are: the aircraft has two seats intended to be used by two occupant, the empty weight 330 pounds, and a 6-gallon fuel tank to list a few.

The owner/operator could not show compliance with CFR 103.1.

As the FAA filed it

2/25/2021 2234Z 1634CST, EVENT ID: 652372. THE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT ABOUT AN UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT THAT CRASHED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS NEAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (LAT/LONG: 31.107809N, -089.274323W). ONE PERSON REPORTED INJURIES AND SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT

03-02-2021 - PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO VERIFIED THAT HE WAS THE PILOT OF THE UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT DURING THE ACCIDENT ON 2/25/2021 NEAR HIS HOME WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT DURING FLIGHT. HE LOOKED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING, AND HEADED TOWARDS THE FIELD ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING, THE PLANE WING CLIPPED A TREE LIMB AND TURNED THE ULTRALIGHT OVER.

03/03/2021 - PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE PERFORMED AN ONSITE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH CFR 103.1. ALL PLACARD, LABELS, AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK AND THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO SEATS, AND A ROTAX 503 ENGINE WITH THREE BLADED PROPELLER. THE AIRFRAME SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND TO THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE A PILOT?S OPERATING HANDBOOK OR OPERATING LIMITATIONS FOR THE ULTRALIGHT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY MAINTENANCE RECORDS OR MAINTENANCE HISTORY FOR ULTRALIGHT.

THE ULTRALIGHT APPEARS TO FITS THE DESCRIPTION OF A QUICKSILVER MXII SPRINT. THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR A QUICKSILVER MX II SPRINT FROM THE QUICKSILVER AIRCRAFT WEBSITE ARE: THE AIRCRAFT HAS TWO SEATS INTENDED TO BE USED BY TWO OCCUPANT, THE EMPTY WEIGHT 330 POUNDS, AND A 6-GALLON FUEL TANK TO LIST A FEW.

THE OWNER/OPERATOR COULD NOT SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH CFR 103.1.