# Incident 20060101000149I: RANGERIDERBM, Gastonia, NC, January 1, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Gastonia, NC
- Airport: Gastonia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2026° N, 81.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GASTONIA MUNI (AKH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2026&lon=-81.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N256RR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANGERIDERBM
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060101000149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 EST ON 01-01-06 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 AT AKH. WHEN AIRCRAFT REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL, ENGINE SPUTTERED AND PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. LANDING ATTEMPT RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING WITH LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY 21 ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. NO INJURIES INCURRED BY PILOT.

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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