# Accident 20000618042849A: Amtr RANSS12XL, Prairie Du Sac, WI, June 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2000, 16:35 local time
- Place: Prairie Du Sac, WI
- Airport: Sauk-Prairie Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2901° N, 89.7207° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2901&lon=-89.7207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43886, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43886-2000-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans Employee FLG Club RANS S-12XL AIRAILE (registry code 05605Z9, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-employee-flg-club-rans-s-12xl-airaile) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS12XL
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 46 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000618042849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1635 CST, A RANS S-12 XL AIRAILE, N43886, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED FOR PLEASURE UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 BY MR. JOHN H. MCAFEE, A CERTIFICATED PILOT WITH COMMERCIAL SINGLE ENGINE LAND, MULTIENGINE LAND, AND INSTRUMENT RATINGS, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AFTER TAKE OFF, ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, AND CRASHED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 18 AT SAUK PRAIRIE, WI, (91C). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 17 KTS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WITH THE PILOT RECEIVING SERIOUS BACK INJURY AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVING MINOR BACK INJURY.

## 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 CHI00LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA167), Jun 18, 2000: Rans Employee Flying Club Rans S-12 XL (N43886), Prairie Du Sac, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of an obstructed fuel nozzle.

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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