- Date
- March 14, 1983, 17:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3132SQuicksilver Quicksilver MX II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830314007819A
- Case key
- 30861
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a sand hill at the departure end of the runway when the acft failed to accelerate sufficiently following a partial power loss during takeoff. According to the operator spark plug fouling in the engine was the cause of the partial power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3132S
- Reported as
- Quicksilver Quicksilver MX II (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3221
- Airframe hours
- 400
- Engine
- Rotax 503, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary A. Matthews
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Munc.
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,502 total · 50 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.