Carlo Robert QUICKSILVER SPT 2S accident near Lajas, PR
On November 13, 2010, a Carlo Robert QUICKSILVER SPT 2S (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lajas, PR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 13, 2010
- Place
- Lajas, PR
- Aircraft
- Carlo Robert QUICKSILVER SPT 2S · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 18.003°N, 66.981°W
- NTSB ID
- 20101113X04133
Official records · ERA11LA056
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 13, 2010, about 1710 Atlantic standard time, an experimental amateur built Carlo Quicksilver Sport 2S, N5593F, registered to a private individual, experienced an in-flight loss of control and crashed in a marsh near Lajas, Puerto Rico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the non-certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The flight originated from a private airstrip about 1500. A witness reported observing the airplane flying from east to west and then observed the airplane in a nose low attitude spinning two times before ground contact. The witness called 911 reporting the accident and went to the scene to render assistance. DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE Photographs provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector-in-charge of the airplane at the accident site depict the empennage displaced to the right and rotated to the left. The empennage was found positioned above the upper surface of the wing. Numerous structural tubes were noted to be fractured; no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction was noted to any of the fractured tubes. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot, age 54, did not hold any FAA issued pilot certificate. A review of excerpts of a pilot logbook revealed his first logged flight was on July 12, 2006, and his last logged flight was on April 10, 2010. He logged a total of approximately 44 hours during the course of 41 flights, all of which were
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and entry into a spin.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
