# Accident 20240424005289A: Rans S-6ES, Emporia, KS, April 24, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2024, 05:11 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Airport: Emporia Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3327° N, 96.1912° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3327&lon=-96.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16148, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16148) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rans S-6ES (registry code 05902KT, https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-s-6es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RANS S-6ES
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 51 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240424005289A

## Narrative

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

ON 04/24/2024 AT EMPORIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (EMP) IN A RANS S-6ES CONDUCTING LANDING PRACTICE ON RUNWAY 19 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 LOCAL TIME. DURING THE FLARE THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO GO AROUND. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE BUT DID NOT INCREASE ENOUGH RIGHT RUDDER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED WITH AILERON CAUSING RIGHT WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE PILOT THEN REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND CAME TO REST ON THE EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 19. DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE RIGHT WING, PROPELLER, AND COWLING.

## 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 CEN24LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA166), Apr 24, 2024: Rans S-6ES (N16148), Emporia, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control during the landing flare.

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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