- Date
- August 21, 2000, 07:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place
- Booneville, MS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- UNREGChristian Quicksilver
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 50747
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Probable cause
an inadvertent stall at too low an altitude to allow recovery, which resulted in impact with trees. Factors in this accident were the owner/pilot was not a certified pilot, and lacked training.
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
Just after takeoff, about 15 feet above the ground the ultra light aircraft stalled on the wing causing the airplane to go into a left turn sending it towards a small tree about 15 to 18 feet high. The airplane struck the top of the tree and was forced to the ground. The pilot did not have a pilot's certificate, or medical certificate. The pilot had only 1 hour of flight training in all aircraft.
Factual narrative
On August 21, 2000, about 0710 central daylight time, a homebuilt Christian Quicksilver, non-registered aircraft, impacted with trees just after takeoff from a private airstrip, near Booneville, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged. The non-rated pilot and one passenger reported serious injuries. The flight was originating at the time.
The pilot stated, "...soon after takeoff [about] 15 feet the ultra light aircraft stalled on the wing causing the ultra light to go into a left turn sending it towards a small tree about 15-18 feet. The ultra light struck the top of the tree and forced us to the ground."
According to the FAA, the pilot did not have a pilot or medical certificate. The pilot had only 1 hour of flight training in all aircraft, and about 15 hours in this make and model.
This accident was originally reported as a nonregistered ultralight. The FAA later realized it was a two-seat aircraft and needed to be reported as accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Christian Quicksilver (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- Rotax UNK, 47 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony R. Christian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUP, 22 nm away