Quicksilver GT-500 N5XY

Summary

On 24 May 2004 at about 19:54 local time, a Quicksilver GT-500 registered N5XY, operated by Kenneth Franck, was involved in an accident near Cleveland, Georgia, 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.

Date

24 May 2004 at 19:54

Classification

Accident

Location

Cleveland, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Mountain Airpark (0GE5)

Coordinates

34.7500, -83.7500

Aircraft

Quicksilver GT-500

Registration

N5XY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kenneth Franck

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cumming → Cleveland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL04LA122

1 person was seriously injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his inadequate compensation for wind during takeoff. A factor was crosswind condition.

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

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According to the student pilot, there was a "significant crosswind" at the time of landing. The student pilot stated that he cannot recall any other events prior to or during the accident. The owner of the property where the airplane came to rest stated that on the afternoon of the accident, the winds were gusting from a westerly direction. Witnesses stated that the airplane was landing toward the south, when the airplane bounced on the runway, and the pilot attempted to take-off. As the pilot maneuvered for the climb out, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway, collided with 20-foot tall trees 20 feet from the edge of the runway, where it was lodged in a level attitude approximately 12 feet above the ground. The wreckage site was approximately mid-field (1400 feet down the runway), 20 feet left of the runway surface. A post-accident examination of the airplane was unable to be performed. Witnesses stated that the tail assembly was separated from the fuselage and both wings were crushed aft.. The Quicksilver GT-500 is a sport category, experimental aircraft. It has a reported take-off distance of 220 feet and landing distance of 260 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.