Quicksilver SPORT 2S N2669A

Summary

On 19 January 2008 at about 19:00 local time, a Quicksilver SPORT 2S registered N2669A was involved in an accident near Arley, Alabama, United States. 2 people were 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

19 January 2008 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Arley, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

34.0144, -87.1189

Aircraft

Quicksilver SPORT 2S

Registration

N2669A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Arley → Arley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC08CA085

Nobody was injured.

A malfunction of the rudder control system.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After takeoff from a lake, the pilot of a Quicksilver Sport 2S experienced a loss of control while joining the traffic pattern. The pilot had just started a shallow right coordinated descending turn when he encountered a "loss of resistance" in his right rudder pedal. The aircraft then yawed to the right. He attempted to correct with the application of left rudder pedal, but there was no response. The pilot reduced power, applied full left aileron, and full up elevator in an attempt to arrest the descent. The airplane then impacted the water in a nose down attitude damaging the right float, right wing and right side of the fuselage. It then spun around to the right, and came to rest on the surface of the water. The pilot and passenger exited the cabin and approximately 5 minutes later the airplane sank.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.