# Incident 20100709036719I: Rans Inc S-6ES, Spearfish, SD, July 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Spearfish, SD
- Airport: Clyde Ice Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4917° N, 103.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spearfish, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4917&lon=-103.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans S-6ES (registry code 05901CD, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-s-6es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS INC S-6ES
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 132 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100709036719I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/09/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 LOCAL AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SPEARFISH AIRPORT (SPF) FOR SOME LOCAL FLYING. AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 LOCAL THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 03 (TURF), THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED THROUGH A DEPRESSION ON THE GRASS STRIP, UNEXPECTENTLY WENT AIRBORNE AND TOUCHED DOWN NOSE GEAR FIRST. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT THE PILOT STATED HE COULD FEEL THE NOSE GEAR STARTING TO COLLAPSE. THE PILOT STATED HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR FULLY COLLAPSED AND ATTEMPED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FULLY COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PHYSICALLY MOVED OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY BY THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER.

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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