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FAA accident report · Amtr RANS S-12 · Rincon, GA · March 29, 2008

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Date
March 29, 2008 · 13:20 local
Place
Rincon, GA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6189F
Reported as
Amtr RANSS12
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX912UL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N6189FRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2013 · Hatle Jeffrey L RANS S-12S/N 1092307Airframe modelHatle Jeffrey L RANS S-12

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot privacy data omitted left the Private airstrip (hooter field) in Rincon, GA heading south on runway 15. He lifted off and was approximately at 125 feet, climbing rapidly when the aircraft suddenly took a sharp left turn at which time the left wing impacted the top of some pine trees and then impacted the ground. Witness, privacy data omitted stated that the engine appeared to be running all the way to impact with the ground. Pilot privacy data omitted was trapped in the wreckage and sustained multiple serious injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP (HOOTER FIELD) IN RINCON, GA HEADING SOUTH ON RUNWAY 15. HE LIFTED OFF AND WAS APPROXIMATELY AT 125 FEET, CLIMBING RAPIDLY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY TOOK A SHARP LEFT TURN AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE TOP OF SOME PINE TREES AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND. WITNESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE RUNNING ALL THE WAY TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TRAPPED IN THE WRECKAGE AND SUSTAINED MULTIPLE SERIOUS INJURIES.