20050703016019A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · RANSS6ESX · Alma, AR · July 3, 2005

Date
July 3, 2005 · 14:30 local
Place
Alma, AR
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
RANSS6ESX
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total40 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) On July 3, 2005, at approximately 14:30 CDT, while on short final to a private grass strip, a rans S-6ES experimental airplane, no registration number, impacted the ground short of the runway. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, received serious injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The aircraft was being operated as a pleasure flight by the pilot/owner under 14 CFR part 91 when the accident occurred. The flight originated on an unidentified private runway some short distance from the accident scene, in the vicinity of Alma, Arkansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The pilot stated that the airplane stalled due to high density altitude conditions and impacted the ground short of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 3, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30 CDT, WHILE ON SHORT FINAL TO A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP, A RANS S-6ES EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, NO REGISTRATION NUMBER, IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT BY THE PILOT/OWNER UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ON AN UNIDENTIFIED PRIVATE RUNWAY SOME SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE, IN THE VICINITY OF ALMA, ARKANSAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE STALLED DUE TO HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE CONDITIONS AND IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.