- Date
- May 8, 1987, 19:43 local (23:43 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53317Moss Timothy C Quicksilver MX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870508015999A
- Case key
- 7425
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt reported that the engine lost power while the ultralight-type acft was on final approach to a mowed field owned by him. The acft subsequently impacted a tree at the end of the field and fell to the terrain nose-down. The student pilot noted that the acft was fueled with 93 octane automotive gas mixed with 2-cycle lube oil, and that the fuel was 6 months old. He expressed the opinion that the pwr loss may have been due to the age of the fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53317
- Reported as
- Moss Timothy C Quicksilver MX (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 4451
- Airframe hours
- 400
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Timothy C. Moss
- Registered owner
- Timothy C Moses
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Monroe, NC
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 102 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.