# Accident 19920801028439A: Amtr RANSS9, Mason, MI, August 1, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1992, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mason, MI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5807° N, 84.4423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mason, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5807&lon=-84.4423&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5301A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS9
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 708 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92DEC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DEC02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920801028439A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIRST FLIGHT IN HOMEBUILT. NO CHECK OUT. PULLED UP STEEPLY CIRCLING. STALLED AND SPUN IN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI92DEC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DEC02), Aug 1, 1992: Rans S-9 (N5301A), Mason, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S OVER-CONFIDENCE IN HIS PERSONAL ABILITY, HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE AIRPLANE HE WAS FLYING, AND THE FACT THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN A PROPER AIRSPEED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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