Moore QUICKSILVER MX II N3998J

Summary

On 28 October 1984 at about 20:30 local time, a Moore QUICKSILVER MX II registered N3998J was involved in an accident near Aurora, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 October 1984 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Moore QUICKSILVER MX II

Registration

N3998J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aurora → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85LA030

Nobody was 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

PLT LANDED IN OPEN FIELD TO TIGHTEN HIS SCARF, WHICH HAD BECOME LOOSE AND POSED A POSSIBLE HAZARD. A SECOND ULTRALIGHT LANDED TO SEE OF THE PLT HAD PROBLEMS, THEN DEPARTED TOWARD THE EAST, SUCCESSFULY NEGOTIATING A 10 KT X-WIND.PLT ELECTED TO TAKEOFF IN SAME DIRECTION. LACK OF HEADWIND COMPONENT PROLONGED THE GROUND RUN AND ACFT ENTERED A ROUGHER AREA. X-WIND RAISED LEFT WING AS LEFT GEAR STRUCK A DIRT BANK, CAUSING ACFT TO NOSE DOWN INTO TERRAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.