# NTSB NYC08CA300: Quicksilver MXL II, N594TC, Barceloneta, PR, August 30, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 30, 2008, 13:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Barceloneta, PR - Coordinates: 18.467777, -66.652496 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4678&lon=-66.6525&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report January 22, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 68843 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC08CA300 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68843/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA300 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted landing. Contributing to the accident were the high winds. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Quicksilver MXL II, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=059003C), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Wind: high wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Quicksilver MXL II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055/cases.md?model=059003C), [All aircraft, 112 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR go-around: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Quicksilver MXL II, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=059003C), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Quicksilver MXL II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=059003C), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR go-around: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Quicksilver MXL II, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=059003C), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis While landing on an unapproved grass strip, the student pilot of the amateur-built experimental light sport aircraft "bounced" and decided to abort the landing. As he applied power to the engine, the airplane encountered a wind gust, banked sharply right, and lost altitude. During the aborted landing, the airplane continued to turn to the right in a steep bank. After completing a full 180-degree turn, the airplane descended and impacted a fence pole, substantially damaging the right wing. The reported wind, at an airport located approximately 28 miles southwest of the accident site, about the time of the accident was from 250 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 19 knots. ## Factual narrative While landing on an unapproved grass strip, the student pilot of the amateur-built experimental light sport aircraft (E-LSA) Quicksilver MXL II airplane, "bounced" and decided to abort the landing. As he applied power to the engine, the airplane encountered a wind gust, banked sharply right, and lost altitude. During the aborted landing, the airplane passed in close proximity to a utility pole, clearing the obstacle by approximately 20 feet, as the airplane continued to turn to the right in a steep bank. After completing a full 180-degree turn, the airplane descended and impacted a fence pole, substantially damaging the right wing. The reported wind, at an airport located approximately 28 miles southwest of the accident site, about the time of the accident, was from 250 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 19 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N594TC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N594TC), registered now, S/N 5690, built 1995 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Quicksilver MXL II - Registry model: [Quicksilver MXL II](https://openairdocs.org/model/quicksilver-mxl-ii) (registry code 05903RG) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 503DCSI](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503dcsi) (registry code 55567, 2 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 5690 - Engines: Rotax 503DCSI 50 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Departed: NONE, Barceloneta, PR - Destination: NONE, Barceloneta, PR - Airport: NONE, Private Airstrip ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 64; injuries: serious; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 15 knots, gusting 19 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 29.81 inHg - Observed at: TJBQ, 28 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 20080830855479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080830855479A), Aug 30, 2008: Amtr MXLII, Carceloneta, PR, Destroyed. On August 30, 2008, around 1300 hrs, the FSDO in san juan, PR was notified by [privacy data omitted] the owner of the aircraft N594TC of an accident which… ## Other investigations on N594TC (1) 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. - [NTSB ERA18TA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA193), Jul 14, 2018: Quicksilver MXL II (N594TC), Arecibo, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The noncertificated pilot's improper fuel planning and management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. 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.