# Accident 20160626005859A: Rans Employee Flying Club RANS S-6S, Richwood, OH, June 26, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: Richwood, OH
- Airport: Hoffman (Private)
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4658° N, 83.2850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4658&lon=-83.2850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95669 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANS EMPLOYEE FLYING CLUB RANS S-6S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 674 total, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA335) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160626005859A

## Narrative

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

LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT RANS S-6S N95669 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPROACHED HIS PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY FOR LANDING TO THE EAST.  PILOT REPORTS WIND AT CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTH TO POSSIBLE QUARTERING TAILWIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TOUCHDOWN BEYOND AN AREA OF STANDING WATER APPROXIMATELY 1/3 FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT REPORTS THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING THE AIRCRAFT TO TOUCHDOWN.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 2/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE REACHING END OF RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO APPLY FULL POWER AND TAKE-OFF AGAIN.  AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH SMALL BERM AT EDGE OF GREENVILLE TREATY LINE ROAD.  PILOT REPORTS AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND LOST AIRSPEED RESULTING IN A STALL THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO WING OVER INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD.  THIS RESULTED IN A CARTWHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT ENDING UP INVERTED IN THE FIELD.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS HIMSELF AND HELP HIS PASSENGER (WIFE) TO EGRESS.  AT THIS POINT THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY TO HER SHOULDER FROM HANGING IN THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM.

## 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 GAA16CA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA335), Jun 26, 2016: Rans Employee Flying Club Rans S 6S (N95669), Richwood, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the critical angle of attack during an initial climb of an aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and impact with 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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