# NTSB CEN24LA361: Rans S14, Teague, TX, September 20, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 20, 2024, 16:48 local (21:48 UTC)
- Place: Teague, TX
- Coordinates: 31.65843, -96.307519 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6584&lon=-96.3075&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195155
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA361
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195155/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA361

## Preliminary report

On September 20, 2024, about 1648 central daylight time, an unregistered Rans S-14 Airaile light sport airplane, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Teague, Texas. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot departed from Teague Municipal Airport (68F) and, shortly afterward, the engine lost power. The airplane was observed to turn back toward the airport apparently in an attempt by the pilot to return for an emergency landing. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain short of the runway. Federal Aviation Administration records revealed that the pilot held a student pilot certificate issued in 2004. At that time, the pilot reported 386 hours total flight experience. The pilot did not hold a current airman medical certificate. However, pilots operating light sport aircraft are not required to hold a medical certificate.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANS S14 (NO SERIES EXISTS)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Unregistered, doing business as N/A
- Registered owner: Unregistered
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Departed: 68F, Teague, TX
- Destination: 68F, Teague, TX
- Airport: 68F, Teague Muni

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.84 inHg
- Observed at: KLXY, 11 nm away
- METAR: KLXY 202135Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 36/18 A2984 RMK AO2 T03630180 TSNO

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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