# Accident 20151127022839A: Skaggs Ronnie Lynn RANS S6S, Cumberland, MD, November 27, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2015, 13:00 local time
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Cumberland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5600° N, 78.6200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5600&lon=-78.6200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531VS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKAGGS RONNIE LYNN RANS S6S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 221 total, 210 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151127022839A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS FLYING FROM W42, TO CBE. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM CUMBERLAND AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA16CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA072), Nov 27, 2015: Skaggs Ronnie Lynn Rans S6S (N531VS), Oldtown, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to visually inspect the fuel level during the preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel starvation and a subsequent off-field landing and impacted terrain.

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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