# Accident 20160706006759A: Boyd Kenneth C RANS S-19, Ephraim, WI, July 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ephraim, WI
- Airport: Ephraim-Gibraltar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1364° N, 87.1872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1364&lon=-87.1872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39KB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39KB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boyd Kenneth C RANS S-19 (registry code 05630NY, https://openairdocs.org/model/boyd-kenneth-c-rans-s-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOYD KENNETH C RANS S-19
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 174 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16CA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160706006759A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 6, 2016, AT 1430 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AMATEUR BUILT RANS S19, N39KB, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT EPHRAIM, WISCONSIN (3D2). THE PILOT EXPERIENCED DIFICULTY IN MAINTAINING A STABLE APPROACH, AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN16CA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA258), Jul 6, 2016: Boyd Kenneth C Rans S-19 (N39KB), Ephraim, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue the landing from an unstabilized approach which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent hard landing.

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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