# NTSB CHI07LA280: McFaul, Daniel D. Quicksilver GT500, New London, WI, August 27, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 2007, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: New London, WI
- Coordinates: 44.3430555555556, -88.7908333333333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3431&lon=-88.7908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07LA280
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66557/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA280

## Probable cause

The pilot not maintaining airspeed during the unintentional takeoff and the pilot's inadvertent stall.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - ground
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that a new engine was installed on the unregistered accident airplane and he was performing a high speed taxi on a 1,000 foot runway.  The pilot reported the airplane unintentionally took off, too close to the end of runway to land and stop.  He stated that he elected to fly the airplane and return for an approach and landing.  The pilot said the airplane stalled about 20 feet above the ground.  The pilot's safety recommendation stated, "Pilot should make sure airplane is in safe condition before attempting flight."

## Factual narrative

On August 27, 2007, about 1830 central daylight time, an unregistered Quicksilver GT500, two-place airplane, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain during takeoff from a private airport near New London, Wisconsin.  The personal flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  No flight plan was on file.  The pilot sustained serious injuries.  The local flight was originating at the time of the accident.

The pilot stated in his accident report that a new engine was installed on the accident airplane and that he was performing a high speed taxi on a 1,000 foot runway.  The pilot, in part, reported:

[The] airplane [unintentionally] took off too close to end of runway

to land and stop.  I made the choice to fly the airplane, make an

approach [and] land.  Airplane could only maintain 40-45 mph

(stall 35).  I was [losing] altitude and attempted to land in hay field.

Plane [stalled] about 20 [feet] off the ground.  Right wing hit first

then nose.

The pilot's safety recommendation stated, "Pilot should make sure airplane is in safe condition before attempting flight."

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: McFaul, Daniel D. Quicksilver GT500
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 032
- Airframe hours: 300
- Engines: Rotax 503 56 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Pilot
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, March 1, 2007
- Departed: 2WN4, New London, WI
- Airport: 2WN4, McFaul Airport, runway 12, 1,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; last flight review October 1, 1997; seat: front; flight hours: 290 total, 290 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: PCZ, 10 nm away

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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