# Accident 20081024849699A: Rans RANSS12XLAIR, Breckenridge, TX, October 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Breckenridge, TX
- Airport: Stephens County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7189° N, 98.8911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7189&lon=-98.8911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20530, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20530-2009-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans Employee FLG Club RANS S-12XL AIRAILE (registry code 05605Z9, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-employee-flg-club-rans-s-12xl-airaile) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS RANSS12XLAIR
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081024849699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 24, 2008 PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED EASTLAND AIRPORT EN ROUTE TO STEPHENS COUNTY AIRPORT IN A RAN S-12XL AIRCRAFT, N20530.  THE PASSENGER WAS THE PILOT'S 11 YEAR OLD GRANDSON.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND REFUELED AT THE STEPHENS COUNTY AIRPORT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CDT THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 17 AND WAS APPEARING TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS.  A WITNESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO LANDING.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE LANDING APPEARED TO BE UNSTABLE.  THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND MADE TWO LEFT TURNS.  ON THE SECOND LEFT TURN THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED THE GROUND JUST SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE PILOT TOLD HIM THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND HE HAD JUST MADE A MISTAKE.  THIS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EASTLAND AIRPORT MANAGER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED AT THE SCENE TO TAKE THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO EASTLAND AND HAD SPOKE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON THE PHONE JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL ON THE SCENE.  THERE WERE 2 PERSONS ONBOARD, INITIAL REPORT WAS THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT LEG AND RIGHT FEMOR.  HIS GRANSON SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIGHT ARM.

## 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 CEN09LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA034), Oct 24, 2008: Rans S-12XL (N20530), Breckenridge, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an aerodynamic stall.

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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