# Incident 20120805019449I: Hayward Jim C-2, Rapid City, SD, August 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2012, 15:20 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Hayward'S Grass Strip
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N142JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hayward Jim C-2 (registry code 05607M2, https://openairdocs.org/model/hayward-jim-c-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAYWARD JIM C-2
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,310 total, 723 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120805019449I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/05/2012 AT 3:20 PM AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT, CHALLENGER II (C-2), WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  VMC PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT/PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT OF THIS AIRCRAFT HOLD A PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HIS PRIVATE GRASS STRIP AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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