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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rans S-6ELS · Laverne, OK · July 11, 2014

Date
July 11, 2014 · 11:15 local
Place
Laverne, OK
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1555E
Reported as
Rans S-6ELS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total3 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft being ferried from hayes, Kansas to amarillo, Texas. Pilot stated that he was lost and decided to make an emergency landing, due to low fuel . Pilot attempted to land aircraft in a grass field two miles west of Laverne, Oklahoma. Upon landing, the tail wheel bounced, causing the aircraft propeller to come in contact with the ground and the aircraft flipped over on its top.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT BEING FERRIED FROM HAYES, KANSAS TO AMARILLO, TEXAS. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LOST AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, DUE TO LOW FUEL . PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT IN A GRASS FIELD TWO MILES WEST OF LAVERNE, OKLAHOMA. UPON LANDING, THE TAIL WHEEL BOUNCED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP.