# Incident 20160612024289I: Fiebich Paul Dean AIRBIKE RX40, Wichita, KS, June 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2016, 16:15 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Colonel James Jabara
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7476° N, 97.2211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLONEL JAMES JABARA (AAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7476&lon=-97.2211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61453, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fiebich Paul Dean AIRBIKE RX40 (registry code 05605UE, https://openairdocs.org/model/fiebich-paul-dean-airbike-rx40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FIEBICH PAUL DEAN AIRBIKE RX40
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,060 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160612024289I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 12, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 LOCAL TIME, A PRIVATE PILOT, EXERCISING SPORT PILOT PRIVILEGES, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE LANDING AN AIR BIKE RX40 SERIES AIRCRAFT AT THE COLONEL JAMES JABARA AIRPORT (KAAO), IN WICHITA KANSAS.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE BLUE SKY RANCH AND AERODROME (K35KS) IN THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO AAO.  ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN, THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS FASTER THAN NORMAL AS THE AIRMAN WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT?S MINIMAL FUEL QUANTITY; FLIGHT TIME WAS EXTENDED DUE TO REQUIRED MANEUVERING AROUND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.  THE AIRMAN DECIDED TO LAND ON THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY 18 AND TAXIWAY A, AND BETWEEN TAXIWAYS CHARLIE AND DELTA.  THE LOCATION IN WHICH THE AIRMAN CHOSE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WAS A DRAINAGE DITCH BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  UPON LANDING, THE AIRMAN STATED THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED, AND STALLED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN IN THE GRASSY AREA LOCATED IN THE DRAINAGE DITCH.

THE AIRMAN ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES; THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N61453 (1)

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

- [Accident 20150331005409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150331005409A), Mar 31, 2015: Fiebich Paul Dean AIRBIKE RX40 (N61453), Derby, KS, Substantial damage. On March 31st, 2015 at approximately 1734 local time, a private pilot exercising sport pilot privileges made a hard landing in an air bike RX40 at Blue Sky…

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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