# NTSB CEN14WA420: Quicksilver MXL Sport II, Cuenca, Spain, August 8, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 8, 2014, 19:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Cuenca, Spain
- Coordinates: 40.203056, -2.142777 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2031&lon=-2.1428&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89851
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA420
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89851/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89851
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA420

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 8, 2014, about 1920 coordinated universal time, a Quicksilver MXL Sport II, motorized ultralight (ULM) aircraft, registry EC-FL8, was substantially damaged after impacting terrain during takeoff. The pilot was fatally injured. At the time of the accident the aircraft was departing from Aeródromo de Sotos (LESS), Cuenca, Spain for a local flight. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Spain. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Spain. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Ministrio de Fomento - CIAIAC Fruela, 6 - 1ª floor 28011 MADRID - ESPAÑA

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-FL8 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: QUICKSILVER MXL Sport II
- Category: Unknown, amateur-built
- Serial number: 000787
- Engines: Rotax reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: LESS, Cuenca
- Destination: LESS, Cuenca
- Airport: LESS, Aeródromo de Sotos

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 20, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89851. 11 KB in all.

- Docket Insert (item 1, .PDF, 11 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415278&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Insert-Master.PDF

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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