# Incident 20120822017749I: Rans Inc S-7LS, Waupaca, WI, August 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2012, 06:20 local time
- Place: Waupaca, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3500° N, 89.0700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waupaca, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3500&lon=-89.0700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N844PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N844PW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans S-7LS (registry code 0600011, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-s-7ls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS INC S-7LS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120822017749I

## Narrative

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

AT THE COMPLETION OF A 20 MINUTE STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT IN THE PATTERN AT PCZ THE PILOT OF THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 31, TAXIIED OFF ON RUNWAY 28 AND TOOK THE FIRST TAXIWAY OFF. HE CALLED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND ANNOUNCED HE WAS TAXIING TO THE RAMP ON UNICOM. A CITATION 560, N52WF, WAS ON THE RAMP FORWARD OF AND FACING AWAY FROM THE STUDENT PILOT'S INTENDED TAXI PATH. THEY WERE COMPLETING THEIR PREFLIGHT CHECKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, AND DID HEAR THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT'S CALL ON UNICOM. THE STUDENT PILOT STOPPED BEFORE HE PASSED AFT OF THE CITATION, AND NOTED THE BEACON WAS ON, BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY INDICATION THAT THE ENGINES WERE RUNNING. HE THEN BEGAN TO PASS BEHIND THE JET ON HIS WAY TO PARKING. HE DID NOT MAKE A CALL ON UNICOM THAT HE WAS DOING SO. AS HE PASSED BEHIND THE JET IT BEGAN ITS TAXI, AND THE BREAK AWAY THRUST USED TO START IT MOVING SPUN THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT NEARLY 180 DEGREES, STRIKING THE PROP AND LEFT WINGTIP. THE CITATION THEN TURNED RIGHT TO LEAVE THE RAMP AREA AND MADE ITS DEPARTURE CALL ON UNICOM. THEY THEN SAW THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT, BUT WERE UNAWARE THAT IT HAD BEED DAMAGED AT THAT TIME.

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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