# Accident 20050528011249A: Amtr RANSS6, Laurel, MT, May 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: Laurel, MT
- Airport: Laurel Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7031° N, 108.7611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7031&lon=-108.7611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N133DJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050528011249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH INTO THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN LAUREL, MONTANA, DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO ATTEMPT FOR FLIGHT TRAINING, THE OWNER (PILOT ^PRIVACY^) SAW HE WAS SHORT OF RUNWAY. PILOT THEN ADDED POWER AND PULLED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE UP. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED BESIDE RUNWAY 4 BEFORE THE SECOND PILOT, CFI ^PRIVACY^ COULD CORRECT. CFI ^PRIVACY^ AND PILOT ^PRIVACY^ FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS PRECIPITATED THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 SEA05CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA109), May 28, 2005: Jackson Rans S-6S (N133DJ), Laurel, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate remedial action which resulted in a stall/spin during final approach to land. A contributing factor was the student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed…

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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