# Accident 20240520006529A: Radley Vincent QUICKSILVER SPORT 2S, Cleveland, GA, May 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2024, 09:20 local time
- Place: Cleveland, GA
- Airport: Mountain Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5599° N, 83.7137° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5599&lon=-83.7137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N960B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N960B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Radley Vincent QUICKSILVER SPORT 2S (registry code 056297V, https://openairdocs.org/model/radley-vincent-quicksilver-sport-2s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: HKS 700E (registry code 33777, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hks-700e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RADLEY VINCENT QUICKSILVER SPORT 2S
- Reported engine: HKS 700E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240520006529A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE THAT THE PILOT OPERATING UNDER A SPORT PILOT’S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF ON A GRASS FIELD HEADING SOUTH WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT QUICKSILVER FIXED WING AIRCRAFT MODEL SPORT S2. A VIDEO RETRIEVED SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY VEERING LEFT ON LIFTOFF WHICH PUT HIM IN A DIRECTION IN LINE WITH A HANGAR. DURING THE ATTEMPT TO CLIMB OVER THE HANGAR THE ENGINE COULD BE HEARD UNDER POWER AND SOON AS HE CLEARED THE BUILDING, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO LOSE LIFT ROLLING LEFT BEHIND THE BUILDING WHERE IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS REPORTEDLY REPAIRING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT ATTEMPT SINCE PERFORMING THE WORK. THE PILOT IS SAID NOT TO HAVE ANY FLIGHT EXPERIENCE IN THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT.

WE FOUND CONTINUITY WITH ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS EXCEPT THE RIGHT RUDDER CABLE WHICH WAS FOUND BROKEN NEAR APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES FROM THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL.  AT THIS TIME THE BREAK IN THIS CABLE IS NOT KNOWN TO OF OCCURRED PRE-OR POST-ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA221), May 20, 2024: Radley Vincent Quicksilver Sport 2S (N960B), Cleveland, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the takeoff and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin at low…

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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