# Incident 19980214003619I: Amtr RANSS14, Palm Springs, CA, February 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1998, 16:15 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22LD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22LD-2001-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Duskin Louis R RANS S 14 (registry code 05605B4, https://openairdocs.org/model/duskin-louis-r-rans-s-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS14
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980214003619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE PRACTICING CLOSE TRAFFIC IN PATTERN LANDINGS AT PALM SPRINGS, CA AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD, LOST CONTROL AND SLID OFF THE RUNWAY. NO AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED TO N22LD. AIRCRAFT HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY DAR FOR AIRWORTHINESS.

## Other reports on N22LD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980325005499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980325005499A), Mar 25, 1998: Amtr RANSS14 (N22LD), Hemet, CA, Destroyed. Reported homebuilt stolen and crashed. Found owner was PIC. No medical and no airworthiness certificate. (From .4) the pilot lost control of his aircraft…

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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