- Date
- September 22, 2008, 01:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Killeen, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9045ZQuicksilver MX II Sprint
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20080922850859A
- Case key
- 69002
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Probable cause
The operator's failure to maintain clearance from objects during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the operator's decision to operate a vehicle for which he/she was not certified.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The experimental airplane was stolen and a short time later landed in a nearby street. During the landing roll, the airplane impacted a mailbox resulting in substantial damage. An examination of the airplane's systems revealed no anomalies. Neither operator of the airplane held certifications for the operation of aircraft.
Factual narrative
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the experimental airplane was stolen from the Skylark Field Airport, Killeen, Texas, approximately 0030 central daylight time. A short time later the airplane landed in a nearby street. During the landing roll, the airplane impacted a mailbox bending the structural tubing for the nose landing gear, main landing gear, engine mounts, and empennage. An examination of the airplane's systems revealed no anomalies. Neither operator of the airplane held certifications for the operation of aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9045Z
- Reported as
- Quicksilver MX II Sprint
- Category
- Ultralight
- Serial number
- 0558
- Airframe hours
- 514
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · February 18, 2008
- Departed
- KILE · Killeen, TX
- Destination
- Killeen, TX
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Na
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Flight hours
- 1 total · 1 in this make and model
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Flight hours
- 1 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KILE, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.