# Accident 20110730016029A: Mcfarland Wm H RANS S6S, Lesage, WV, July 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lesage, WV
- Airport: Robert Newlon Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4558° N, 82.3072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4558&lon=-82.3072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434WM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcfarland WM H RANS S6S (registry code 0561018, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcfarland-wm-h-rans-s6s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCFARLAND WM H RANS S6S
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,457 total, 1 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA432) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110730016029A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INSTRUCTING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING THE TAKEOFF DEPARTURE ROLL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AT THE CONTROLS DURING THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF (LEFT SEAT). AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS PROCEEDING DOWN TURF RUNWAY 20 AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO PUSH FORWARD ON THE CONTROLS TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A LEVEL ATTITUDE (RAISE THE TAILWHEEL OFF THE GROUND). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PUSHED THE LEFT CONTROLS FORWARD, BUT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FELT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND PUSHED THE CONTROLS FURTHER FORWARD FROM THE RIGHT CONTROLS (WITHOUT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ KNOWLEDGE) AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A LEVEL ATTITUDE. AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND, NOSED OVER, AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED. THIS OCCURRED 110 YARDS DOWN THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA11CA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA432), Jul 30, 2011: Mcfarland WM H Rans S6S (N434WM), Huntington, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to maintain proper pitch control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was both pilots' inexperience in the airplane make/model.

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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