# NTSB ATL99LA117: Quicksilver GT-500, N5503M, Ormond Beach, FL, August 13, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1999, 17:43 local (21:43 UTC)
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Location: 29.2858° N, 81.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ormond Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2858&lon=-81.0559&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Completed, report August 3, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 47049
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL99LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47049/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA117

## Probable cause

The in-flight collision with an object for an undetermined reasons. A factor was the stolen/unauthorized use of the airplane.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, unknown
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use (cause)

## Analysis

According to the FAA, the owner of the airplane was not aware that it had been flown in the last two days. Witnesses who found the airplane reported that the engine was cold. The airplane sustained wing and landing gear damage. According to the police report, the airplane was discovered by a neighbor of the property owner. The airplane was found abandoned. The airplane owner stated that the last time he saw the airplane was on August 11 when it was secured in his hangar at the Ormond Beach Airport. Upon investigation, the police found the hangar doors closed and the padlock unsecured. According to the airplane owner, only he and Sunrise Aviation had keys to the padlock and the key to the airplane was in the airplane. He reported that no one had permission to use his airplane.

## Factual narrative

On August 13, 1999, at 1743 eastern daylight time, a Quicksilver GT-500, N5503M, was found damaged and abandoned in a field in Ormond Beach, Florida.  The nature of the flight is unknown.  The weather conditions at the time of the accident are unknown.  The airplane sustained substantial damage and no injuries were reported.  The flight departed Ormond Beach, Florida, at an undetermined time.

According to the FAA, the owner of the airplane was not aware that it had been flown in the last two days.  Witnesses who found the airplane reported that the engine was cold.  The airplane sustained wing and landing gear damage.

According to the police report, the airplane was discovered by a neighbor of the property owner. The airplane was found abandoned. The airplane owner stated that the last time he saw the airplane was on August 11 when it was secured in his hangar at the Ormond Beach Airport. Upon investigation, the police found the hangar doors closed and the padlock unsecured. According to the airplane owner, only he and Sunrise Aviation had keys to the padlock and the key to the airplane was in the airplane. He reported that no one had permission to go into the hangar or to use his airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5503M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5503M-2011-08-01), registration cancelled 2011-08-01, S/N GT5-X0110, built 1996 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Quicksilver GT-500
- Registry model: [Quicksilver GT-500](https://openairdocs.org/model/quicksilver-gt-500) (registry code 7350000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: GT5-X0110
- Engines: Bombardier ROTAX 912 80 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Ronald E. Lunzar
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: OMN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19990813012179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990813012179A), Aug 13, 1999: Qckslv GT500, Ormond Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Possible stolen aircraft, found abandoned in a field by neighbors who called sheriff, acft found on 8/13/99, sheriff contacted owner who advised he was not…

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.

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