19990601014749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RANSS12 · Maricopa, AZ · June 1, 1999

Date: June 1, 1999 · 12:30 local
Place: Maricopa, AZ
Airport: Serene Field Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N16HB
Reported as: Amtr RANSS12
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N16HBRegistration cancelled May 18, 2001 · Byrd Hershal O RANS S-12XLS/N 09970815 Airframe modelByrd Hershal O RANS S-12XL

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A pilot of a rans homebuilt aircraft was in cruise flight when he heard a loud noise coming from the engine. The pilot then elected to make a pre-cautionary landing at a dirt airstrip. During roll out the right main tire hit an unseen hole and damaged the wheel. The pilot determined that the source of the noise was a cracked muffler. The aircraft was disassemble and tranported by ground for repairs.

As the FAA filed it

A PILOT OF A RANS HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO MAKE A PRE-CAUTIONARY LANDING AT A DIRT AIRSTRIP. DURING ROLL OUT THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE HIT AN UNSEEN HOLE AND DAMAGED THE WHEEL. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE WAS A CRACKED MUFFLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISASSEMBLE AND TRANPORTED BY GROUND FOR REPAIRS.