Rans S-14 UNREG

Summary

On 29 November 2014 at about 18:30 local time, a Rans S-14 registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Kewanee, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 November 2014 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Kewanee, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Kewanne Municipal Airport (EZI)

Coordinates

41.2053, -89.9639

Aircraft

Rans S-14

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kewanne → Kewanne

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN15LA068

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during the final approach, which resulted in a stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to obtain training in the pusher-type airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he had recently obtained the pusher-type airplane and that the accident flight was the first time he had flown it or any pusher-type airplane. He performed numerous taxi tests over a 3-hour period and then decided to take off and fly around the traffic pattern. On the first approach to landing, the airplane was too high, so he performed a go-around. The pilot reported that, during the next approach, as the airplane was about 100 ft above ground level and positioned to land, he reduced the engine power, and the airplane just "fell out of the sky." He reported that the engine was running normally when he reduced the power for landing. The airplane impacted the ground in a nearly flat attitude, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.