- Date
- September 9, 1990, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tontitown, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGEipper Quick Silver MX II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22949
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Probable cause
A partial power loss for undetermined reasons and the pilot's poor flare during the forced landing.
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.
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff, about 80 feet AGL, the engine 'sagged to idle' and the pilot was not able to restore power. The pilot reported he dropped the nose in order to gain airspeed for the flare. He stated he began to flare but impacted nose wheel first, followed by the bottom of both seats. FAA was notified by an anonymous phone caller 16 days after the accident. FAA personnel inspected the wreckage but it had been moved from the scene and maintenance performed. The cause of the power loss is undetermined. The unregistered airplane was a two seat version of an ultralight type vehicle, which weighed too much to be classified as an ultralight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Eipper Quick Silver MX II (QUICK SILV)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 503-2, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Keller, Bob
- Registered owner
- Keller, Allen R.
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 114 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F