Eipper QUICKSILVER MX UNREG

Summary

On 4 March 1984 at about 21:40 local time, a Eipper QUICKSILVER MX registered UNREG, operated by WAD McNutt, was involved in an accident near Libby, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 March 1984 at 21:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Libby, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Libby (559)

Coordinates

48.3203, -115.3590

Aircraft

Eipper QUICKSILVER MX

Registration

UNREG

Category

Ultralight

Engines

1

Operator

WAD McNutt

Operating rule

Part 103: Ultralight

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84FU002

1 person died.

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

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE WAS ON AN APCH TO THE ARPT WHEN IT ENTERED A LEFT DESCENDING TURN & CONTINUED THE TURN UNTIL IMPACTING A TREE. ONE WITNESS SAID THE PLT WAS BENT OVER FORWARD. REPORTEDLY, THE PLT MADE NO MOVEMENTS WITH HIS HANDS OR FEET TO AVOID THE TREE OR INCREASE POWER. THE 1ST PERSON TO ARRIVE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE NOTICE VOMIT IN THE PLT'S MOUTH. THE PLT'S WIFE SAID HE HAD AN ULCER THAT WAS GETTING WORSE. A FRIEND REPORTED THAT ON OCCASIONS, WHILE AT WORK, THE PLT HAD TO STOP WORKING & SIT DOWN, THEN DOUBLED UP WITH PAIN. HE HAD BEEN DRINKING MILK REGULARLY & HAD BEEN TAKING A NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUG (MAALOX) TO RELIEVE ULCER DISCOMFORT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.