# NTSB WPR25LA210: Hibbard Rick Rans S7, N69TY, Blackfoot, ID, July 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: July 12, 2025, 20:15 local (Jul 13, 2025, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Blackfoot, ID · 1040 W. Hwy 26 Blackfoot ID 83221 grain field
- Coordinates: 43.276989, -112.50239 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2770&lon=-112.5024&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200544
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA210
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200544/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA210

## Preliminary report

On July 12, 2025, about 2015 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Rans S7 airplane, N69TY, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Blackfoot, Idaho. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that after flying for about 45 minutes and completing a 75-mile loop covering his farm property, he was headed home when the engine popped and started to vibrate. He continued to run the engine at reduced power and subsequently observed the oil pressure drop to 0 psi at which time the engine stopped producing power. He initiated a forced landing to a wheat field. During landing the airplane nosed over and sustained substantial damage to the rudder. During the recovery of the airplane the lower fuselage was covered in oil and the engine crankcase and one of the engines cylinders were damaged. The pilot reported that at the time of the accident the engine had accrued about 959 hours of operation and 13 hours since the last inspection on March 8, 2025. The airplane was recovered to a secure location for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Hibbard Rick RANS S7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=05611PI), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69TY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69TY), registered now, S/N 08 96 204, built 2001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HIBBARD RICK RANS S7
- Registry model: [Hibbard Rick RANS S7](https://openairdocs.org/model/hibbard-rick-rans-s7) (registry code 05611PI) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 08 96 204
- Year built: 2001
- Airframe hours: 959
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 8, 2025, 13 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: NA

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: KIDA, 22 nm away
- METAR: KIDA 130153Z 19011KT 10SM CLR 29/05 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02890050

## 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 20250712015529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250712015529A), Jul 12, 2025: Hibbard Rick RANS S7, Blackfoot, ID, Substantial damage. The pilot reported that after flying for about 45 minutes and completing a 75-mile loop covering his farm property, he was headed home when the engine popped…

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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