# Accident 20120913020709A: Seymour Leslie H SKYRANGER, Perris, CA, September 13, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2012, 13:13 local time
- Place: Perris, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7772° N, 117.3447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7772&lon=-117.3447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N936LS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N936LS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Seymour Leslie H SKYRANGER (registry code 05901QW, https://openairdocs.org/model/seymour-leslie-h-skyranger) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEYMOUR LESLIE H SKYRANGER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,533 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA417](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA417) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120913020709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO PERRIS, CA AIRPORT HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND SPIRALED TO THE GROUND IN A DIRT FIELD BEHIND A RESIDENCE 7 MILES WNW PERRIS VALLEY AIRPORT.

## 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 WPR12LA417](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA417), Sep 13, 2012: Seymour Skyranger (N936LS), Perris, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of aircraft control during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

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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