# Accident 20120925020919A: Mccleery Gregg A RANS S6ES, Elverta, CA, September 25, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2012, 09:15 local time
- Place: Elverta, CA
- Airport: Freedom Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2811° N, 121.4833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2811&lon=-121.4833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N623LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N623LB-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mccleery Gregg A RANS S6ES (registry code 05901KQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/mccleery-gregg-a-rans-s6es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCCLEERY GREGG A RANS S6ES
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA437) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120925020919A

## Narrative

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

THE ENGINE RUN-UP WAS NORMAL.  THEN SECONDS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERING TO ESTABLISH A NORMAL CLIMB THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT.  THE LOOSE OF POWER RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON ITS NORTHERLY FLIGHT PATH THE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED AN OFF FIELD LANDING INTO A DIRT FIELD.  WERE THE NOSE WHEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH A DIRT BERM COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT'S SUDDEN DE- ACCELERATION RATE COMPOUNDED WITH THE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO THEN FLIP OVER ON TO ITS TOP.  THE PILOTS WERE HANGING UPSIDE DOWN IN THEIR RESTRAINTS; THEY RELEASED AND EXECUTED A SAFE EGRESS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 WPR12LA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA437), Sep 25, 2012: Mccleery Rans S6ES (N623LB), Elverta, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during initial climb due to a failed piston ring.

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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