# NTSB FTW90DPG16: Eipper Quick Silver MX II, Tontitown, AR, September 9, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1990, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Tontitown, AR
- Location: 36.1674° N, 94.2421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tontitown, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1674&lon=-94.2421&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 23, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22949
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90DPG16
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22949/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DPG16

## Probable cause

A PARTIAL POWER LOSS FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AND THE PILOT'S POOR FLARE DURING THE FORCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EIPPER QUICK SILVER MX II (QUICK SILV)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 32; 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

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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