# Accident 20070825830559A: Amtr RANSS12AIRLE, Cambridge, MD, August 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2007
- Place: Cambridge, MD
- Airport: Cambridge-Dorchester
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5472° N, 76.0472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5472&lon=-76.0472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8157Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8157Q-2013-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcnicholas William E RANS S12 AIRAILE (registry code 05610Q9, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcnicholas-william-e-rans-s12-airaile) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS12AIRLE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 185 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825830559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 16 IN CGE AND IMMEDIATELY CLIMBED AT A STEEP ANGLE. AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 30 TO 50 FEET THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 200' EAST OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE SHUT OFF AFTER IMPACT. THE ENGINE WAS A PUSHER ENGINE AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE OR THE PROP. THE PILOT WAS TAKEN TO SALISBURY, MD HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

## 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 ATL07CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA107), Aug 25, 2007: McNicholas S-12 (N8157Q), Cambridge, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non certificated pilot's failure to remove the control lock prior to taxi and takeoff.

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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