# NTSB WPR23LA228: Benoit Leclair Rans S-7S, N56QC, Bryce Canyon, UT, June 9, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 9, 2023, 07:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: Bryce Canyon, UT · KBCE
- Coordinates: 37.706447, -112.1458
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7064&lon=-112.1458&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192402
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR23LA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192402/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192402
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA228

## 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

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

- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot; cases with it: [Benoit Leclair RANS S-7S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=05634PM), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Benoit Leclair RANS S-7S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=05634PM), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Benoit Leclair RANS S-7S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05634PM), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56QC), registered now, S/N 0215610, built 2016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENOIT LECLAIR RANS S-7S
- Registry model: [Benoit Leclair RANS S-7S](https://openairdocs.org/model/benoit-leclair-rans-s-7s) (registry code 05634PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 914 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914-series) (registry code 55575, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 0215610
- Year built: 2015
- Airframe hours: 318
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; 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

## 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 20230609007169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230609007169A), Jun 9, 2023: Benoit Leclair RANS S-7S, Bryce Canyon, UT, Substantial damage. On June 9, 2023 at 0608 MST, the PIC of [privacy data omitted] departed UT9 on a VFR flight to bce. The flight was uneventful and at 0750 the PIC began descent…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 20, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192402. 3.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15818929&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=BLeclair%20N56QC%20NTSB%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 694 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15726049&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20WPR23LA228-Rel.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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