# Incident 20200723011259I: Tl-Ultralight Sro STING S4, Rifle, CO, July 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2020, 12:30 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Rifle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5376° N, 107.7703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rifle, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5376&lon=-107.7703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4747, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4747) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tl-Ultralight Sro STING S4 (registry code 0600082, https://openairdocs.org/model/tl-ultralight-sro-sting-s4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TL-ULTRALIGHT SRO STING S4
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 75 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200723011259I

## Narrative

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

THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO RIFLE, CO DUE TO A POSSIBLE CANOPY UNLATCH.  ASOS STATED WIND INFORMATION MISSING.  PILOT CHOSE LANDING DIRECTION BASED OFF OF GROUND CUES AND PREVIOUS WEATHER AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT LESS THAN 20 MINUTES PRIOR.

THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG ON  RUNWAY 26. PILOT NOTED THAT HIS LEFT BRAKE SEEMED TO NOT BE WORKING WELL, AND ELECTED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AT THE FURTHEST WEST TAXIWAY, A1.  HE ESTIMATES SPEED AT ABOUT 15 KTS LEAVING THE RUNWAY.

ONCE HE LEFT THE RUNWAY, HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE ANOTHER AIRCRAFT FACING HIM NOSE-TO-NOSE, SET UP TO DEPART RUNWAY 08 FROM TAXIWAY A1.  THERE IS NO OFFSET RUNUP AREA ON THIS PART OF THE AIRPORT.  ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A 6" TALL CONCRETE CURB SURROUNDNG THE TAXIWAY.

THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT HAD TO DEVIATE AROUND THE AIRCRAFT PLANNING TO DEPART THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET TAIL-TO-TAIL FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT.  THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE 6" CURB AS IT TRIED TO GO AROUND THE OTHER AIRPLANE.

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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