# NTSB LAX84LU030: Eipper Quicksilver MX, Thousand Oaks, CA, August 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1984, 11:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Coordinates: 34.209297, -118.879722 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2093&lon=-118.8797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24420
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LU030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24420/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LU030

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING A TAKEOFF CLIMB, THE ULTRALIGHT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE & CRASHED. THE PLT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE WIRES UNTIL IMPACT; NOR WAS HE AWARE OF THEIR PRESENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EIPPER QUICKSILVER MX (QUICKSILVE)
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 180
- Engines: CUYUNA 430R 30 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 103
- Registered owner: Ed. H. Krull
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 10, 1983
- Airport: Private Strip

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: center; flight hours: 200 total, 140 in this make and model, 200 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F
- Observed at: OXR, 15 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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