Eipper QUICKSILVER MX 2 N57999

Summary

On 30 August 1986 at about 19:05 local time, a Eipper QUICKSILVER MX 2 registered N57999, operated by Dennis Brown, was involved in an accident near Pine Valley, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 August 1986 at 19:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Pine Valley, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Eipper QUICKSILVER MX 2

Registration

N57999

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dennis Brown

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Pine Valley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86FUM03

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

JUST AFTER LIFT-OFF AT AN ALTITUDE OF APRX 10 FT AGL, THE ULTRALIGHT ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE BACK TO THE DIRT RUNWAY. THE PLT TURNED THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH TREES, HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR CAUGHT IN THE BRUSH AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION REPORTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.