# Incident 19970415009469I: Amtr RANSS10, San Antonio, TX, April 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1997, 18:20 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52077, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52077) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans Employee Flying Club S-7COURIER (registry code 05604IU, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-employee-flying-club-s-7courier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS10
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 8 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970415009469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 15, 1997, AT 23:27Z, A RANS AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF FROM SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING VFR CONDITIONS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE TAILWHEEL BRACKET ATTACH BOLT WAS LOOSE ALLOWING MISALIGNMENT OF THE TAIL WHEEL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON APRIL 16, 1997, THE TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLY APPEARED NORMAL. PRESUMABLY THE TAILWHEEL ALIGNMENT PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE STORAGE HANGAR. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, PROPELLER TIP DAMAGE, A WRINKLE IN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT FAIRING, AND SIGNS OF POSSIBLE DEFORMATION (I.E. FABRIC LOOSENESS) JUST ABOVE THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT TO FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POINT. ADDITIONALLY, THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL HUB CAP WAS MISSING AND THE AXLENUT WAS ONLY FINGER TIGHT AND NOT SAFETIED.

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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