Quicksilver UNKNOWN UNREG
17 December 2013 · Palestine, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 17 December 2013 at about 21:00 local time, a Quicksilver UNKNOWN registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Palestine, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Palestine, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Palestine Muni (PSN)
- Coordinates
- 31.7886, -95.7064
- Aircraft
- Quicksilver UNKNOWN
- Registration
- UNREG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Palestine → Palestine
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN14LA091
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The noncertificated pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The noncertificated pilot was on a local flight in his unregistered airplane. The pilot reported that he did not recall any details of the accident. Witness reports indicated that the pilot was attempting to land the airplane on a runway, it stalled, and it then nosed down onto the runway. Calm wind prevailed at the airport about the time of the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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