# Incident 20181031021299I: Rans Designs Inc S-19LS, Burlington, IA, October 31, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2018, 13:15 local time
- Place: Burlington, IA
- Airport: Private Grass Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8071° N, 91.1237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8071&lon=-91.1237&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N233RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans Designs S-19LS (registry code 06001AQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-designs-s-19ls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS DESIGNS INC S-19LS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,419 total, 409 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181031021299I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 31, 2018 N233RD A LIGHT SPORT RANS S19 DEPARTED BURLINGTON, IA (KBRL) UNDER VFR FLIGHT RULES FOR HIS PRIVATE FARM GRASS STRIP 20 MILES NORTH OF BRL.  THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND UNLIMITED CEILING AND VISIBILITY.  THE APPROACH TO THE GRASS STRIP WAS NORMAL. THE RUNWAY LENGTH IS 1420 FEET AND THE RANS S19 COMPUTED LANDING DISTANCE IS 350 FEET. THE PILOT WAS PLANNING TO BLEED OFF EXTRA APPROACH SPEED IN THE FLARE AND LAND.   DURING THE FLARE THE AIRCRAFT HIT A HIGH SPOT IN THE RUNWAY THUS CAUSING A BOUNCE.  POWER WAS APPLIED TO GO AROUND AND RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCE, BUT CORRECTIONS TO THE BOUNCE WERE LATE AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A PILOT INDUCED PITCH OSCILLATION.  DURING THE OSCILLATIONS THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND FAILED.  THIS CAUSED THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLER BLADES.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP OFF THE EDGE OF THE GRASS STRIP.  THE UNINJURED PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO NTSB AND THE ROC.

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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