# Incident 20200711013129I: Rans S-12XL, Taos, NM, July 11, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2020, 09:40 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3871° N, 105.5808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taos, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3871&lon=-105.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N937TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N937TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans S-12XL (registry code 059012N, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-s-12xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS S-12XL
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 75 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200711013129I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 11, 2019, AT 0940 MDT, A RANS S-12XL A LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, N937TX, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PRIVATE PILOT, SUFFERED A COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AFTER A LANDING SHORT AT TAOS REGIONAL AIRPORT, TAOS, NEW MEXICO (SKX) WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TAOS REGIONAL AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO, ON JULY 11, 2020, AT 0900.

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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