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| Date: | Saturday 19 December 1992 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: | Eipper Quicksilver MXL II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4305C |
| MSN: | 208 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 55 hours |
| Engine model: | ROTAX 503UL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Guayama -
 Puerto Rico
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Patillas, PR (X64) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT DROPPED FROM ABOUT 3 FEET WHILE FLARING TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED UP AND TURNED SIDEWAYS PRIOR TO TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED FOR TREES AND THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND. AS HE TURNED TO AVOID COCONUT TREES THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED A MANGROVE TREE BRANCH, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE MAKING A GO AROUND FOLLOWING A BOUNCED LANDING RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH TREES.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA93LA040
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 July 2001 | N4305C | Jenaro Cartagena | 0 | Arroyo, PR |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 08:12 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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