# Accident 19980325005499A: Amtr RANSS14, Hemet, CA, March 25, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 25, 1998, 22:00 local time - Place: Hemet, CA - Airport: Hemet-Ryan Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Final Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.7293° N, 117.0504° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7293&lon=-117.0504&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 - Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 450 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA145) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980325005499A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. REPORTED HOMEBUILT STOLEN AND CRASHED. FOUND OWNER WAS PIC. NO MEDICAL AND NO AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. (FROM .4) THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF HIS AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING AND CRASHED INTO A MUD BOG. A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY HEARD THE ENGINE STOP AND DROVE TO THE CRASH SITE. HE ASKED THE PILOT, THE ONLY PERSON AT THE AIRCRAFT, IF HE WAS HURT. THE PILOT REPLIED THAT HE WASN'T HURT IN THE LANDING AND THAT HE'D RECOVER HIS AIRCRAFT IN THE MORNING. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE DEPUTY WAS CONTACTED BY A POLICE OFFICER THAT HAD ARRESTED A MAN FOR DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI). THE MAN HAD SAID THAT HIS AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN STOLEN AND THEN HAD CRASHED AT THE AIRPORT. THE OFFICER BROUGHT THE MAN TO THE HANGAR AND THE DEPUTY IDENTIFIED HIM AS THE MAN HE HAD SPOKEN WITH EARLIER. THE MAN, NOW IDENTIFIED BY NAME, ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE WAS THE SAME PERSON THE DEPUTY HAD SPOKEN WITH AT THE CRASH SITE. HE LATER REPORTED TO THE FAA THAT HE HAD GONE TO EAT AND HAD LEFT HIS HANGAR OPEN AND WHEN HE RETURNED, HE FOUND HIS AIRCRAFT MISSING. HE RAN AROUND THE AIRPORT LOOKING FOR IT UNTIL HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL STICKING OUT OF A BOG. HE RAN TOWARD IT BUT TRIPPED AND FELL SEVERAL TIMES. HE TIMES. HE DECIDED TO TOW IT TO HIS HANGAR THAT NIGHT SO HE DROVE INTO TOWN TO BUY A ROPE. WHILE EN ROUTE, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI. HE WAS HELD FOR SEVERAL HOURS, THEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A BLOOD TEST AND TREATMENT OF HIS INJURIES. HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL WAS FOUND TO BE .07% (W/V). HE WAS THEN RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. DURING A LEGAL HEARING, A SAFETY BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE FOUND THAT HE WAS, IN FACT, THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AND REVOKED HIS CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE BASED ON HIS SUBMISSION OF AN INTENTIONALLY FALSIFIED MEDICAL APPLICATION. (-23) ABOVE MENTIONED PILOT IS ALSO THE OWNER AND HE REPORTED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT WAS STOLEN AND THE CRASHED AT HEMET RYAN AIRPORT. AFTER READING THE POLICE REPORT AND WITNESS STATEMENT, IT APPEARS THAT MR. DUSKIN WAS THE ACTUAL PILOT IN COMMAND OF N22LD. ## 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 LAX98LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA145), Mar 26, 1998: Duskin Rans S-14 (N22LD), Hemet, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of aircraft control during landing, and his physical impairment from a blood alcohol level of 0.07 percent 2 hours following the accident. ## Other reports on N22LD (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19980214003619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980214003619I), Feb 14, 1998: Amtr RANSS14 (N22LD), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. 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… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.