# Accident 20050703016019A: RANSS6ESX, Alma, AR, July 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Alma, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4927° N, 94.2121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alma, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4927&lon=-94.2121&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANSS6ESX
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050703016019A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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