# Accident 20000626013259A: Amtr RANSS12AIRLE, Baneberry, TN, June 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Baneberry, TN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0908° N, 83.2894° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0908&lon=-83.2894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6279D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6279D-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Double D Entrps/Desutter D RANS S-12 AIRILE (registry code 05603UR, https://openairdocs.org/model/double-d-entrps-desutter-d-rans-s-12-airile) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS12AIRLE
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX618
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,340 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000626013259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRACTICING LOW APPROACH TO PRIVATE STRIP, THE PILOT WAS GOING AROUND, AND ENCOUNTERED A DOWN DRAFT WHICH EXCEEDED THE AVAILABLE CLIMB CAPABILITY OF THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING IT TO SETTLE INTO TREES. (.4)ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE PRACTICING LOW APPROACHES TO A PRIVATE STRIP, HE ENCOUNTERED A DOWN DRAFT WHICH EXCEEDED THE AVAILABLE CLIMB CAPABILITY OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE SETTLED INTO TREES BENDING THE LEFT WING UP TO ABOUT 90 DEGREES. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS; WIND 230 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS, AND VISIBILITY AT 10 STATUTE MILES.

## 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 ATL00LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA068), Jun 26, 2000: Double D Enterprises Rans S-12 (N6279D), Baneberry, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors were the trees, and gusting winds.

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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