# Accident 20160522025159A: Rans S-5, Acampo, CA, May 22, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2016, 10:30 local time
- Place: Acampo, CA
- Airport: Lodi Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2024° N, 121.2691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LODI (1O3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2024&lon=-121.2691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N481TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N481TJ-2019-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans S-5 (registry code 05902L9, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-s-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 447 (registry code 55576, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-447) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS S-5
- Reported engine: ROTAX 447
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160522025159A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 23, 2016, PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AROUND 8:30 AM BEGAN HIS PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF HIS AIRCRAFT. AFTER INSURING THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFE FOR FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF AT 9:30 AM ON RUNWAY R26. AFTER TAKEOFF  TO THE NORTH AND AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET 6 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT HE BEGAN A RIGHT BANK. DURING THE MANEUVER HE FELT SEVERAL LITTLE BUMPS AND THOUGHT THEY WERE POCKETS OF AIR. DURING THIS TIME HE HEARD A BOOM SOUND AND THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. IN ADDITION, HE FELT THE SEAT SHIFT TO THE LEFT WHILE BANKING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT IN A BERM AREA NORTH OF THE AIRPORT AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. HE INSPECTED HIS FUEL LINES AND COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES WITH THE FUEL OR LINES. AFTER HIS EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENSURING THE FUEL LINES WERE SECURED, HE STARTED THE ENGINE AND VALIDATED ALL INSTRUMENTS AND ENGINE WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY. PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AGAIN TOOK OFF TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  WHILE FLYING EAST TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT (1O3) THE SEAT SHIFTED TO THE LEFT AND THE ENGINE QUIT AGAIN. FLYING ABOVE EAST WOODEN ROAD EAST TOWARDS THE AIRPORT, HIS DECISION WAS TO LAND ON E. WOODEN ROAD, HOWEVER, A CAR TRAVELING WEST WAS DIRECTLY IN HIS PATH AND HIS DECISION WAS TO BANK LEFT TO LAND AT THE PASTURES JUST NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STEEP ACCENT AND STRUCK THE GROUND IN THE PASTURE NORTH OF E. WOODEN ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 50 DEGREES STRIKING THE LEFT TIP OF THE LEFT WING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN COMING TO REST ABOUT 50 FEET FROM THE IMPACT. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE RESULTED FROM THE IMPACT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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