# NTSB CHI85LA030: Moore Quicksilver MX II, N3998J, Aurora, IL, October 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 28, 1984, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Aurora, IL
- Location: 41.7606° N, 88.3201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7606&lon=-88.3201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12945
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12945/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA030

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - open field
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - all available runway - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose down, takeoff

## Analysis

PLT LANDED IN OPEN FIELD TO TIGHTEN HIS SCARF, WHICH HAD BECOME LOOSE AND POSED A POSSIBLE HAZARD. A SECOND ULTRALIGHT LANDED TO SEE OF THE PLT HAD PROBLEMS, THEN DEPARTED TOWARD THE EAST, SUCCESSFULY NEGOTIATING A 10 KT X-WIND.PLT ELECTED TO TAKEOFF IN SAME DIRECTION. LACK OF HEADWIND COMPONENT PROLONGED THE GROUND RUN AND ACFT ENTERED A ROUGHER AREA. X-WIND RAISED LEFT WING AS LEFT GEAR STRUCK A DIRT BANK, CAUSING ACFT TO NOSE DOWN INTO TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3998J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3998J-2014-12-02), registration cancelled 2014-12-02, S/N 1255, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOORE QUICKSILVER MX II (QUICKSILVE)
- Registry model: [Moore Jeffry D QUICKSILVER MX II](https://openairdocs.org/model/moore-jeffry-d-quicksilver-mx-ii) (registry code 056756F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1255
- Airframe hours: 150
- Engines: ROTAX 503 46 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kennethe C. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: AURORA, IL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 505 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ARR

## 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 19841028058759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841028058759A), Oct 28, 1984: Amtr MX2, Aurora, IL, Substantial damage. Precaution landing in a field to tighten scarf. Nosed up on attempted crosswind takeoff when a wheel hit a mound.

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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