# NTSB CEN15WA455: Rans S6, Beja, Portugal, January 1, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 1, 2015
- Place: Beja, Portugal
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94012
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA455
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94012/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA455

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 1, 2015, about 1700 local time, a Rans S-6 Coyote II, Portuguese registration CS-UJF, impacted terrain after departure from the Beja Civil Aerodrome (LPBE), Beja, Portugal. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured and the airplane was destroyed by a post-crash fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no known flight plan was filed. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Portuguese government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Ministério das Obras Públicas, Transportes e Comunicações GPIAA - Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronave Praça Duque de Saldanha, n.º 31- 4º 1050-094 LISOBOA, Portugal Website: www.gpiaa.gov.pt

## Aircraft

- Registration: CS-UJF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANS S6
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 12961080
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Airport: LPBE, Beja Civil Aerodrome, runway 35, dirt

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.

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