Hartzell RANS S-12 UNREG

Summary

On 2 July 2000 at about 01:00 local time, a Hartzell RANS S-12 registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Strattanville, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 July 2000 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Strattanville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Taylor Ultralight Arpt (5PA9)

Coordinates

41.1999, -79.3197

Aircraft

Hartzell RANS S-12

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC00LA184

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during low level maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was conducting low level maneuvers when the airplane pitched up, then fell off on one wing, entered a spin, and descended rapidly until it impacted the ground at approximately a 90-degree vertical angle. All flight control surfaces were found at the accident scene, and the engine was running until ground impact. The unregistered homebuilt airplane had been disassembled for several years. However, the pilot had reassembled it with some friends over the previous winter, and flew it home from South Carolina on the weekend before the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.