Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Jack Edwards Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542
Thursday, May 22, 2014 18:30 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On May 22, 2014, about 1830 central daylight time, a special light sport P&M Aviation QuikR weight shift aircraft, N428PM, operated by a private individual, was substantially damaged in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The airline transport pilot sustained serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight conducted under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The local flight was originating from Jack Edwards National Airport (JKA), Gulf Shores, Alabama at the time of the accident.
According to the pilot's written statement, after conducting a preflight inspection of the aircraft outside his hangar on a taxiway, he climbed into the cockpit and fastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness. After applying a technique to move oil into the crankcase, the pilot attempted to start the engine. He applied full choke, set the hand throttle to idle, applied full left foot brake and placed the magnetos in the on position. After making several unsuccessful attempts to start the engine, the pilot moved the choke back and forth and left it about halfway. He introduced "little bit of right foot throttle" and, after several more attempts, the engine started and immediately went to "takeoff power." The pilot applied full left foot brake, but the aircraft moved forward at increasing speed. He attempted to keep the aircraft on the taxiway centerline by steering the nose wheel. The pilot also held the control bar with his left hand and groped the instrument panel with his right hand for the magneto cutoff. He eventually disengaged one of the two magnetos; however, the aircraft right wing impacted the cowling of a parked airplane just off to the right of the taxiway centerline. The aircraft spun to the right, impacted a hangar door and came to rest.
Postaccident examination of the aircraft by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed damage to the propeller blades. The parked airplane also sustained damage to the propeller and nose cowling. The foot pedal throttle and hand throttle both operated smoothly with no binding.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/22/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1830 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Gulf Shores |
| Event State | ALABAMA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 36542 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 300123N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0874019W |
| Event Location Airport | JACK EDWARDS |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | JKA |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 17 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1830 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | JKA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 17 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 27 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 19 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 240 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 9 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.09 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | KJKA 222335Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A3009 RMK |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Southern ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 9 2014 4:43PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N428PM |
| NTSB Number | ERA14LA257 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | P&M AVIATION LTD |
| Aircraft Model | QUIKR |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 8428 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 990 |
| Aircraft Category | -- |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 1 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 182 |
| Airframe Hours | 182 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | WENDELBURG KEVIN R |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | NEWNAN |
| Aircraft Owner State | GA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 302654111 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | WENDELBURG KEVIN R |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | NEWNAN |
| Operator State | GA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 302654111 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | JKA |
| Departure City | Gulf Shores |
| Departure State | AL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1830 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | JKA |
| Destination City | Gulf Shores |
| Destination State | AL |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 9 2014 4:43PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |