# NTSB GAA18CA518: Rans Rans S6S, N107SJ, Painton, MO, August 19, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 19, 2018, 13:51 local (18:51 UTC)
- Place: Painton, MO
- Coordinates: 37.086387, -89.793891 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0864&lon=-89.7939&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 20, 2020
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA18CA518
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98185/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98185
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA518

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain the proper pitch attitude during landing, which resulted in a bounced, hard landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Marynik Jerome J RANS S6S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md?model=056207H), [All aircraft, 526 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Marynik Jerome J RANS S6S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=056207H), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Marynik Jerome J RANS S6S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=056207H), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Marynik Jerome J RANS S6S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=056207H), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Marynik Jerome J RANS S6S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=056207H), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Marynik Jerome J RANS S6S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=056207H), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced and then landed hard in a nose-down attitude. The propeller stuck the ground, and then the airplane slid and came to rest nose down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine truss and mount. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced and landed hard with a nose down attitude. The propeller stuck the ground, the airplane slid and came to rest nosed down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine truss and mount. The pilot added that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N107SJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N107SJ), registered now, S/N 07041601, built 2010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Rans RANS S6S (SUPERSIX)
- Registry model: [Marynik Jerome J RANS S6S](https://openairdocs.org/model/marynik-jerome-j-rans-s6s) (registry code 056207H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 07041601
- Year built: 2010
- Airframe hours: 422
- Engines: Rotax 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, September 1, 2017
- Departed: DXE, Dexter, MO
- Destination: PVT, Painton, MO
- Airport: PVT, Pvt, runway 18, 2,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 97 total, 19 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.86 inHg
- Observed at: KCGI, 14 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20180819015999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180819015999A), Aug 19, 2018: Marynik Jerome J RANS S6S, Painton, MO, Substantial damage. At the conclusion of a VFR flight from dexter airport (kdxe) to Painton, MO, (eaa airport 453) the pilot attempted to accomplish a landing to the south on the…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 5, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98185. 1.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40478554&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Accident Photo (item 2, .PDF, 185 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40478557&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Master.PDF

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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