# Incident 20081024852109I: Spauld RANSS7COURIE, Delta, UT, October 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2008, 13:15 local time
- Place: Delta, UT
- Airport: Delta Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3828° N, 112.5022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELTA MUNI (DTA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3828&lon=-112.5022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4272M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4272M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spaulding Errol RANS S-7 COURIER (registry code 05626KM, https://openairdocs.org/model/spaulding-errol-rans-s-7-courier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPAULD RANSS7COURIE
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,500 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/20081024852109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PASSENGER WERE ENROUTE FROM IDAHO FALLS TO LAKE HAVASU.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION IT WAS SAFE TO LAND ON THE 'HARD PAN' OF THE OLD LAKE BED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THE LAKE BED LOOKED PERFECTLY HARD FROM THE AIR.  UPON LANDING THE WHEELS SANK IN APPROXIMATELY EIGHT INCHES OF MUD.  AS THE HOME MADE RANS S-7 PLANE CAME TO A STOP IT LEANED FORWARD PUTTING THE PROPELLER INTO THE MUD DAMAGING THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N4272M (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150327004389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150327004389A), Mar 27, 2015: Spaulding Errol RANS S-7 COURIER (N4272M), Boulder, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot was enroute to rks from rigby Idaho. Pilot noticed he had less fuel than he thought he should have. The pilot stated he tried to transfer fuel from the…
- [Accident 20090501005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090501005029A), May 1, 2009: Spauld RANSS7COURIE (N4272M), Atomic City, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 1, 2009 at 2320 MDT received call regional operation center (roc) of an aircraft abandoned on the runway after crashing at cox's Well airport…

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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