# Accident 20160730012709A: Boam Larry RANS S-7, Oshkosh, WI, July 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2016, 11:48 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9803° N, 88.5575° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9803&lon=-88.5575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6271X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6271X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boam Larry RANS S-7 (registry code 056027Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boam-larry-rans-s-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOAM LARRY RANS S-7
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 464 total, 291 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160730012709A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 30, 2016, AT 1148 CDT, AN AMATEUR BUILT RANS S-7 AIRPLANE, N6271X, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 36 AT OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, PITCHED UP ABRUPTLY, STALLED, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET WEST OF THE RUNWAY, FACING SOUTHWEST.  THE SPORT PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT, WITH THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF A CROSS COUNTRY RETURN TO THE PILOT?S HOME AIRPORT, WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. 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 CEN16LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA293), Jul 30, 2016: Boam Larry Rans S 7 (N6271X), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control on takeoff, which resulted in his remedial action to induce an aerodynamic stall and the subsequent impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N6271X (1)

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

- [Incident 20020728019389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020728019389I), Jul 28, 2002: Amtr RANSS7 (N6271X), Pocatello, ID, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing on runway 21 at pih, the wind was 270/08 @ 1756Z, the pilot stated he floated and added power and landed. When the right wheel contacted the…

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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