# Accident 20040912026879A: Amtr RANSS12, Seneca, NY, September 12, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Seneca, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8844° N, 77.0689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8844&lon=-77.0689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N195CB-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Scott James C RANS S-12 (registry code 05626EF, https://openairdocs.org/model/scott-james-c-rans-s-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040912026879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 LOCAL TIME, A RANS S-12 AIRCRAFT, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N195CB AND OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT, IMPACTED TERRAIN IN THE TOWN OF SENECA, NY. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM A PRIVATE TURF AIRFIELD THAT WAS OWNED BY THE PILOT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST COMPLETED A GO AROUND AND WAS CLIMBING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN AND IMPACTED A BEAN FIELD IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE WITH A "WHITE TAIL STREAMING BEHIND IT." THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY A POST-CRASH FIRE AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. DURING AN EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE, FAA INSPECTORS ESTABLISHED CONTINUITY OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. FOLLOWING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE NTSB, THE WRECKAGE WAS RELEASED TO THE FAMILY.

## 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 IAD04LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA046), Sep 12, 2004: Scott Rans S-12 (N195CB), Seneca, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed above stall speed, which resulted in an inadvertant stall/spin. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of pilot certification.

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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