# Accident 20160703018069A: Rainbow Sky Reach Ltd. BUSHCAT, Cairo, NE, July 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2016, 22:00 local time
- Place: Cairo, NE
- Airport: Roth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0008° N, 98.6156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0008&lon=-98.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321WL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N321WL-2020-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rainbow Sky Reach BUSHCAT (registry code 06001AB, https://openairdocs.org/model/rainbow-sky-reach-bushcat) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAINBOW SKY REACH LTD. BUSHCAT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 450 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA355) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160703018069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD VISUAL OF WEATHER DETERIORATION AND PERFORMED INTENTIONAL OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN FARMER'S FIELD.  ALL WAS OK ON ROLLOUT, THEN GEAR HIT A DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THEN THE NOSE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.

## 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 GAA16CA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA355), Jul 4, 2016: Rainbow Sky Reach Bushcat (N321WL), Cairo, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to fly into deteriorating weather conditions, leading to a precautionary off airport soft field landing which resulted in a nose gear collapse and the airplane to nose over.

## Other reports on N321WL (1)

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

- [Incident 20160222001189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160222001189I), Feb 22, 2016: Rainbow Skyreach Ltd. BUSHCAT (N321WL), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was flying Bushcat N321WL, a light sport aircraft at Palm Beach north county F45 airport and landed on runway 13. After landing the pilot felt a hard…

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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