# Accident 20220831015639A: Sutphin John E RANS S-12, Hillard, FL, August 31, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2022, 10:35 local time
- Place: Hillard, FL
- Airport: Hillard Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6860° N, 81.9063° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6860&lon=-81.9063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8028W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8028W-2023-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sutphin John E RANS S-12 (registry code 05626VP, https://openairdocs.org/model/sutphin-john-e-rans-s-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUTPHIN JOHN E RANS S-12
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 14 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA394) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220831015639A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 31, 2022, THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A RANS S-12, WAS PERFORMING SOLO TOUCH AND GO'S AT HILLARD AIRPARK (01J). AT AROUND 1045 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT WAS MAKING HIS SECOND TOUCH AND GO WHEN HE GOT DISTRACTED AT SOMEONE CUTTING THE GRASS AT THE AIRPARK. AS A RESULT OF THIS DISTRACTION, THE PILOT INDUCED A STALL ON THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ON BASE TO FINAL AND CRASHED NEAR A RESIDENCE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE CRASH SCENE AND PERSONNEL AROUND CALLED EMERGENCY SERVICES TO NOTIFY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT LOCATION WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE VICINITY OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT HAND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON THE CRASH.

## 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 ERA22LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA394), Aug 31, 2022: Sutphin John E Rans S-12 (N8028W), Hilliard, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

## Other reports on N8028W (1)

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

- [Accident 20131011020019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131011020019A), Oct 11, 2013: Sutphin John E RANS S-12 (N8028W), French Lick, IN, Substantial damage. On October 11, 2013 at approximately 1630 hours EST, a 1995 "Sutphin John E" rans S-12 experimental amateur built aircraft, N8028W, sustained substantial…

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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