# Accident 20220713012389A: Watts Steven L EIPPER QUICKSILVER M, Brazil, IN, July 13, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2022, 14:30 local time
- Place: Brazil, IN
- Airport: Brazil Clay County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4767° N, 87.0997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Brazil Clay County Airport (0I2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4767&lon=-87.0997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173SW-2025-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Watts Steven L EIPPER QUICKSILVER M (registry code 05902LA, https://openairdocs.org/model/watts-steven-l-eipper-quicksilver-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WATTS STEVEN L EIPPER QUICKSILVER M
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220713012389A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY, 13TH, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1930Z,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN EIPPER QUICKSILVER M, AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 27 AT BRAZIL INDIANA, CLAY COUNTY AIRPORT (0I2). THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 50? WHILE DRIFTING OFF OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AS REPORTED AT TERRE HAUTE (KHUF) (9.5 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF THE ACCIDENT) WAS VISIBILITY EQUAL TO 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR SKIES, WINDS FROM 330° AT 7 KNOTS.  THE NTSB IS NOT INVESTIGATING THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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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