# Accident 20190118000269A: Reiland Robert R RANS S-12, Stoneville, NC, January 18, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Stoneville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4372° N, 79.8511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4372&lon=-79.8511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3075E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3075E-2026-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Reiland Robert R RANS S-12 (registry code 05610K6, https://openairdocs.org/model/reiland-robert-r-rans-s-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REILAND ROBERT R RANS S-12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 8 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190118000269A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT TOOK OFF TO DO PRACTICE PATTERN WORK AND GET USED TO THE AIRCRAFT.  ON HIS FIFTH TRAFFIC PATTERN, HE CAME IN WITH TOO MUCH SPEED AND BALLOONED.  HE THEN WAS HIGH AND SLOW, AND LOWERED THE NOSE WITH EITHER THE CONTROLS OR BY ADDING POWER, WHICH IN A PUSHER-PROP WOULD CAUSE THE NOSE TO GO DOWN.  HE STRUCK THE RUNWAY HARD AND BROKE THE NOSE GEAR.  HE THEN SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY AND SPUN OUT INTO THE GRASS.  HE DISLOCATED HIS ANKLE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA19CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA105), Jan 18, 2019: Robert R. Reiland Rans (N3075E), Reidsville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper pitch control during a go-around, which resulted in a 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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