# NTSB NYC08CA085: Quicksilver Sport 2S, N2669A, Arley, AL, January 19, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 19, 2008, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC) - Place: Arley, AL - Coordinates: 34.014446, -87.118888 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0144&lon=-87.1189&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 67405 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC08CA085 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67405/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA085 ## Probable cause A malfunction of the rudder control system. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Flight control system: rudder control system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022720): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Malfunction (probable cause); cases with it: [Creel Raymond L SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022720/cases.md?model=05903RN), [All aircraft, 93 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022720/cases.md) - [Terrain: water](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Creel Raymond L SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021020/cases.md?model=05903RN), [All aircraft, 97 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [Creel Raymond L SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md?model=05903RN), [All aircraft, 995 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md) - [Emergency descent: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [Creel Raymond L SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=05903RN), [All aircraft, 5,010 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Creel Raymond L SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05903RN), [All aircraft, 10,154 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis After takeoff from a lake, the pilot of a Quicksilver Sport 2S experienced a loss of control while joining the traffic pattern. The pilot had just started a shallow right coordinated descending turn when he encountered a "loss of resistance" in his right rudder pedal. The aircraft then yawed to the right. He attempted to correct with the application of left rudder pedal, but there was no response. The pilot reduced power, applied full left aileron, and full up elevator in an attempt to arrest the descent. The airplane then impacted the water in a nose down attitude damaging the right float, right wing and right side of the fuselage. It then spun around to the right, and came to rest on the surface of the water. The pilot and passenger exited the cabin and approximately 5 minutes later the airplane sank. ## Factual narrative After takeoff from a lake, the pilot of a Quicksilver Sport 2S experienced a loss of control while joining the traffic pattern. The pilot had just started a shallow right coordinated descending turn when he encountered a "loss of resistance" in his right rudder pedal. The aircraft then yawed to the right. He attempted to correct with the application of left rudder pedal but there was no response. The pilot reduced power, applied full left aileron, and full up elevator in an attempt to arrest the descent. The airplane then impacted the water in a nose down attitude damaging the right float, right wing and right side of the fuselage. It then spun around to the right, and came to rest on the surface of the water. The pilot and passenger exited the cabin and approximately 5 minutes later the airplane sank. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2669A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2669A-2017-07-06), registration cancelled 2017-07-06, S/N 0203, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Quicksilver Sport 2S - Registry model: [Creel Raymond L SPORT 2S](https://openairdocs.org/model/creel-raymond-l-sport-2s) (registry code 05903RN) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 582ULDCDI-99](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582uldcdi-99) (registry code 55560, 2 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 0203 - Airframe hours: 4.7 - Engines: Rotax 582UL99 65 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: NONE, Arley, AL - Destination: NONE, Arley, AL ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; last flight review January 1, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 14,270 total, 2 in this make and model, 5,447 as pilot in command, 84 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days, 18 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 300° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 21 °F - Altimeter: 30.21 inHg - Observed at: 3A1, 19 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20080119014339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080119014339A), Jan 19, 2008: Creelr SPORT2S, Arley, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) Preliminary: according to the pilot, at 35 feet above lewis smith lake, the pilot was preparing to roll N2669A out of a right turn onto a heading of 330… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.