- Date
- August 30, 1986, 12:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Pine Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N57999Eipper Quicksilver MX 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860830045189A
- Case key
- 24956
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Proper climb rate - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Remedial action - improperFactor
Nose over
Analysis
Just after lift-off at an altitude of aprx 10 ft AGL, the ultralight acft began to settle back to the dirt runway. The plt turned the acft to the right to avoid colliding with trees, however, the nose gear caught in the brush and the acft nosed over. There was no mechanical failure or malfunction reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57999
- Reported as
- Eipper Quicksilver MX 2 (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3424374
- Airframe hours
- 492
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 48 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Brown
- Registered owner
- Andrew Gold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1985 · 95 hours before
- Destination
- Pine Valley, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 6 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.