- Date
- January 22, 1986, 17:45 local (Jan 23, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- UNREGEipper Quicksilver MX II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16918
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Stall/mush - inadvertent
Analysis
The plt stated that while returning to the airfield, the eng quit as a result of fuel starvation. The plt was not certified and the aircraft was unregistered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Eipper Quicksilver MX II (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 75
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 46 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unregistered
- Departed
- 4AC · Albuquerque, NM
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 259° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 9 nm away