# Accident 20140822015979A: Rans Aircraft S-6S, Rigsby, ID, August 22, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2014, 11:30 local time
- Place: Rigsby, ID
- Airport: Jefferson County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6425° N, 111.9294° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6425&lon=-111.9294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N171CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N171CT-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans S-6S (registry code 05902CS, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-s-6s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS AIRCRAFT S-6S
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,585 total, 87 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140822015979A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF AIRCRAFT WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE WAS EXPIRED AND CFI WAS THE PIC. INITIATED TOUCH & GOS ON RUNWAY 19 AT RIGBY, ID AIRPORT (U56). APPROACH & LANDING WAS NORMAL. AFTER TAKEOFF, CFI STATED THAT ABOUT 25 FEET IN THE AIR A STRONG GUST OF WIND DEVIATED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY AND BEFORE THEY COULD CORRECT IT THEY HIT A HANGAR ABOUT 300 FEET TO THE WEST OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST BEHIND THE HANGAR ROW AND AGAINST AN AIRPORT SECURITY FENCE.

## 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 WPR14CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA352), Aug 22, 2014: Rans S 6S (N171CT), Rigby, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff in gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's failure to intervene and apply corrective flight…

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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