- Date
- June 9, 2023, 07:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bryce Canyon, UT · KBCE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56QCBenoit Leclair Rans S-7S
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20230609007169A
- Case key
- 192402
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll and subsequent impact with terrain during go-around.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while adjusting the aircraft's attitude for a 3-point tail-wheel landing, the aircraft bounced. Despite rudder and tail wheel inputs, the aircraft veered to the right side of the runway. The pilot elected to go around and applied full power. The airplane’s landing gear became entangled in nearby bushes and the airplane subsequently impacted terrain, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56QC
- Reported as
- Benoit Leclair Rans S-7S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0215610
- Built
- 2015
- Airframe hours
- 318
- Engine
- Rotax 914 SERIES, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 14, 2023 · 11.4 hours before
- Departed
- KUT9 · Quillayute, WA
- Destination
- KBCE · Bryce, UT
- Airport
- BCE · Bryce Canyon, runway 21, 7,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot, Unknown
- Last flight review
- May 2, 2023
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 262 in this make and model · 262 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.21 inHg
- Observed at
- KBCE
- METAR
- KBCE 091353Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR 08/01 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP133 T00830006
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 20, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.