20110121000679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rans S-19 · Hays, KS · January 21, 2011

Date
January 21, 2011 · 08:00 local
Place
Hays, KS
Airport
Hays Regional
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N719RS
Reported as
Rans S-19
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total3 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On January 21, 2011, at 0800 CST, privacy data omitted, operating a Rans S-19 enroute to pine bluff, Arkansas, lost brake pressure while taxiing for departure on runway 34.according to privacy data omitted, after losing brake pressure, she was unable to steer the aircraft and taxied off the side of the runway. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the nose landing gear, left wingtip, right side of the tail cone, and a small dent underneath the left wing, that appears to be damaged from a runway light. On January 25, 2011, ASI ragin contacted the general manager, privacy data omitted, for Rans aircraft inc, and discussed the incident that occurred. Mr. Frizell explained to ASI ragin that the aircraft has a differential braking system, which requires brake actuation to steer the aircraft. Mr. Frizell also stated the pilot over taxied the aircraft, which then heated the brakes and melted the brake line.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 21, 2011, AT 0800 CST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OPERATING A RANS S-19 ENROUTE TO PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, LOST BRAKE PRESSURE WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 34.ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AFTER LOSING BRAKE PRESSURE, SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, LEFT WINGTIP, RIGHT SIDE OF THE TAIL CONE, AND A SMALL DENT UNDERNEATH THE LEFT WING, THAT APPEARS TO BE DAMAGED FROM A RUNWAY LIGHT. ON JANUARY 25, 2011, ASI RAGIN CONTACTED THE GENERAL MANAGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FOR RANS AIRCRAFT INC, AND DISCUSSED THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED. MR. FRIZELL EXPLAINED TO ASI RAGIN THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAS A DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING SYSTEM, WHICH REQUIRES BRAKE ACTUATION TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT.MR. FRIZELL ALSO STATED THE PILOT OVER TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH THEN HEATED THE BRAKES AND MELTED THE BRAKE LINE.