# NTSB DEN08CA161: Quicksilver MX II Sprint, N9045Z, Killeen, TX, September 22, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 22, 2008, 01:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: Killeen, TX
- Coordinates: 31.085832, -97.686386 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0858&lon=-97.6864&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 22, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69002
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN08CA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69002/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA161

## 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

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Experience/qualifications: qualification/certification](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Flight crew (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 280 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010/cases.md)
- [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01060000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 63 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01060000/cases.md)
- [Intentional act: stolen/unauthorized](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051020): Personnel issues › Miscellaneous · Flight crew (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Prior to flight: Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350); cases with it: [All aircraft, 27 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; flight hours: 1 total, 1 in this make and model
- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20080922850859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080922850859A), Sep 22, 2008: Amtr MXIISPRINT, Killeen, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Quicksilver, N9045Z was stolen from the Killeen, TX airport. The aircraft landed in a residential area approximately 1/4 mile from the airport. The…

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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