# Incident 20161204022719I: Rans S-19, Marshfield, MA, December 4, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Marshfield, MA
- Airport: Marshfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0998° N, 70.6893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marshfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0998&lon=-70.6893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N812X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N812X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Richard F Bernard RANS S-19 (registry code 05635F0, https://openairdocs.org/model/richard-f-bernard-rans-s-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS S-19
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 4 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161204022719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 6

WINDS VARIABLE 320-350 6-8 KTS AND G 17

AT 58-60 KTS SHORT FINAL, FLAPS (2 ND POS)

ALIGNED WITH CENTERLINE THERE WAS A LATE/INSUFFICIENT FLARE APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET FROM THE GROUND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED SUDDENLY AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS COMING TO REST WITH THE NOSE 2 FEET INTO THE GRASS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT 100 YARDS PAST TAXIWAY B.

## Other reports on N812X (1)

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

- [Incident 20170628015219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170628015219I), Jun 28, 2017: 2016 Richard Bernard RANS S-19 (N812X), Marshfield, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed runway 24 encountered a crosswind and veered to the left, pilot corrected to the right and aircraft went off the runway to the right across…

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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