# Accident 20150327004389A: Spaulding Errol RANS S-7 COURIER, Boulder, WY, March 27, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2015, 14:00 local time
- Place: Boulder, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5864° N, 109.5614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5864&lon=-109.5614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4272M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4272M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spaulding Errol RANS S-7 COURIER (registry code 05626KM, https://openairdocs.org/model/spaulding-errol-rans-s-7-courier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPAULDING ERROL RANS S-7 COURIER
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 3,635 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150327004389A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO RKS FROM RIGBY IDAHO. PILOT NOTICED HE HAD LESS FUEL THAN HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE. THE PILOT STATED HE TRIED TO TRANSFER FUEL FROM THE AUX TANK AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. DUE TO THE LOW FUEL THE PILOT LANDED ON A DIRT ROAD IN BOULDER, WY. THE PILOT LANDED SUCCESSFULLY, VISUALLY CHECKED HIS FUEL TANKS, AND ASCERTAINED HE HAD ADEQUATE FUEL TO TAKE OFF AND FLY TO PNA. ON TAKEOFF ROLL PILOT ENCOUNTERED A STRONG CROSSWIND AND GROUND LOOPED. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED, HIS PASSENGER SUFFERED SEVERAL SMALL BRAIN HEMMORAGES, WAS HOSPITALIZED AND RELEASED THREE DAYS LATER. COUNSELED THE PILOT ON ATTEMPTING TAKE OFF FROM A DIRT ROAD.

## 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 GAA15LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15LA025), Mar 27, 2015: Spaulding Errol Rans S 7 Courier (N4272M), Pinedale, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to take off in a crosswind that exceeded the airplane’s maximum demonstrated crosswind capability and his subsequent inability to maintain directional control.

## Other reports on N4272M (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090501005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090501005029A), May 1, 2009: Spauld RANSS7COURIE (N4272M), Atomic City, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 1, 2009 at 2320 MDT received call regional operation center (roc) of an aircraft abandoned on the runway after crashing at cox's Well airport…
- [Incident 20081024852109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081024852109I), Oct 24, 2008: Spauld RANSS7COURIE (N4272M), Delta, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot [privacy data omitted] and passenger were enroute from Idaho falls to lake havasu. [privacy data omitted] Had been given information it was safe to…

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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