Eipper QUICKSILVER MXL UNREG

Summary

On 10 September 1983 at about 00:50 local time, a Eipper QUICKSILVER MXL registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Ozark, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 September 1983 at 00:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Ozark, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Sadowski (6M07)

Coordinates

37.0098, -93.2009

Aircraft

Eipper QUICKSILVER MXL

Registration

UNREG

Category

Ultralight

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 103: Ultralight

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MKC83FU006

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING THE APPROACH TO LAND. A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT, WHO HAD LANDED HIS ULTRALIGHT, SAID THE PLT CIRCLED TO LAND & THEN ABORTED TO MAKE ANOTHER APPROACH TO LAND CLOSER TO THE WITNESSS. AS HE MADE A RIGHT DESCENDING TURN TO ALIGN WITH THE RWY, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE. THE ACFT THEN CRASHED TO THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN INVERTED ATTITUDE ABOUT 50 FT FROM THE TREE. THE LANDING AREA WAS AN UNLIGHTED TURF STRIP, 2700 FTLONG. THE STRIP WAS LOCATED IN A FENCED PASTURE. THE TREE WAS NEAR THE FENCE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE 175 FT WIDE FIELD, ABOUT 600 FT FROM THE APPROACH END. THE PLT WAS NOT WEARING GLASSES AND HE SAID HIS EYESIGHT WAS POOR. THE AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT LEFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT MADE OBJECTS DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE FADING TWILIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.