# NTSB WPR18WA025: Quicksilver GT500, Melaka, Malaysia, October 14, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 14, 2017
- Place: Melaka, Malaysia
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96282
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR18WA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96282/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18WA025

## Factual narrative

On October 14, 2017, about 1130 local time, a Quicksilver Aircraft GT-500, registration 9M-EAC, was destroyed after colliding with a river shortly after takeoff from Sungai Rambai Aerodrome, Melaka, Malaysia. The airplane was operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Malaysia. The pilot was fatally injured, and the passenger sustained serious injuries.The Ministry of Transport Malaysia - Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture of the airplane, the NTSB has designated a US accredited representative to assist the AAIB in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the AAIB: Ministry of Transport Malaysia (Air Accident Investigation Bureau) No 26, Jalan Tun Hussein, Presint 4, 62100 Putrajaya, Malaysia

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9M-EAC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: QUICKSILVER GT500
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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