# NTSB DEN86LA073: Eipper Quicksilver MX II, Albuquerque, NM, January 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 22, 1986, 17:45 local (Jan 23, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Coordinates: 35.189094, -106.500595 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1891&lon=-106.5006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16918
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16918/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, unqualified person (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, unqualified person

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EIPPER QUICKSILVER MX II (QUICKSILVE)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 75
- Engines: 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.

- 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

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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