# NTSB CEN15WA173: Eipper Quicksilver - GT500, Illes Balears, Spain, March 14, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 14, 2015, 11:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place: Illes Balears, Spain
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA173

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR go-around: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. The foreign authority was the source of this information. On March 14, 2015, about 1145 UTC, an Eipper Quicksilver GT-500 airplane, EC-DK6, (s/n 0085) impacted terrain after an attempted go-around from Son Alberti Airfield, Islas Balears, Spain. The airplane was substantially damaged and the sole occupant was fatally injured. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Spanish Civil Aviation and Incident Investigation Commission. Under the provisions of Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation as a State of Design, the United States has designated an accredited representative to participate in the investigation. Any further information may be obtained from: CIAIAC Paseo de la Castellana, 67 Madrid, Spain 28071 Telephone: +34 91 5978960 Facsimile: +34 91 4635535 E-mail: ciaiac@fomento.es Investigator-in-Charge Mr. Miguel A. Morales Telephone: +34 91 5978966 E-mail: mamorales@fomento.es This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the Spanish Civil Aviation and Incident Investigation Commission.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-DK6 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EIPPER QUICKSILVER - GT500 (GT500)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown

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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