Quicksilver MX UNREG

Summary

On 23 June 2015 at about 02:15 local time, a Quicksilver MX registered UNREG, operated by Miguel Angel Hurtado, was involved in an accident near Nampa, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 June 2015 at 02:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Nampa, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Nampa Muni (MAN)

Coordinates

43.5811, -116.5228

Aircraft

Quicksilver MX

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Miguel Angel Hurtado

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nampa → Nampa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA134

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, resulting in a runway excursion, and a collision with terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, in an unregistered amateur built experimental airplane, a crosswind pushed the airplane off the runway to the left. The airplane collided with a rock in a ditch and nosed over, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage. The student pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.