# NTSB SEA05CA109: Jackson Rans S-6S, N133DJ, Laurel, MT, May 28, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 28, 2005, 13:35 local (19:35 UTC) - Place: Laurel, MT - Coordinates: 45.703056, -108.761108 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7031&lon=-108.7611&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 13, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 61602 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA05CA109 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61602/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA109 ## Probable cause The flight instructor's inadequate remedial action which resulted in a stall/spin during final approach to land. A contributing factor was the student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing approach. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - airspeed - not maintained, dual student (contributing factor) - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - stall/spin - encountered, pilot in command(cfi) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis According to the flight instructor, the student pilot was at the controls and they were making an approach to runway 04. On final approach, the instructor noted that the airplane was "starting to get too low and slow." He told the student to add power twice and then told the student to go around. The instructor reported that "full throttle is added, nose pitches up abruptly and steeply. Left wing stalls." The instructor took the controls, momentarily regained control, but then stalled the airplane a second time while attempting to clear terrain. The student pilot reported, "I let my airspeed get too slow and corrective measures did not prevail." ## Factual narrative On May 28, 2005, at 1335 mountain daylight time, a Jackson Rans S-6S amateur-built experimental airplane, N133DJ, sustained substantial damage when it impacted the ground in an uncontrolled descent following a loss of control while landing at the Laurel Municipal Airport, Laurel, Montana. The flight instructor and the student pilot were not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the student pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight. The flight departed a private airstrip in Laurel at 1320. According to the flight instructor, the student pilot was at the controls and they were making an approach to runway 04. On final approach, the instructor noted that the airplane was "starting to get too low and slow." He told the student to add power twice and then told the student to go around. The instructor reported that "full throttle is added, nose pitches up abruptly and steeply. Left wing stalls." The instructor took the controls, momentarily regained control, but then stalled the airplane a second time while attempting to clear terrain. The student pilot reported, "I let my airspeed get too slow and corrective measures did not prevail." ## Aircraft - Registration: N133DJ (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Jackson Rans S-6S - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 06041578 - Engines: Rotax 912 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Drew G. Jackson - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: Laurel, MT - Destination: 6S8, Laurel, MT - Airport: 6S8, Laurel Municipal Airport, runway 04 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 75; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 17,178 total, 7 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days - Student pilot; age 72; student; medical: class 3; flight hours: 60 total, 20 in this make and model, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20050528011249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050528011249A), May 28, 2005: Amtr RANSS6, Laurel, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) On short final approach into the Laurel Municipal Airport in Laurel, Montana, during a touch-and-go attempt for flight training, the owner (pilot… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.