Rans S18 accident near Shattuck, OK
On September 29, 2015, a Rans S18 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Shattuck, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 29, 2015
- Place
- Shattuck, OK
- Aircraft
- Rans S18 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 36.261°N, 99.856°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150929X23500
Official records · CEN15LA432
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On September 28, 2015, about 1925 central daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Rans S18 airplane, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a field 2 miles east of Shattuck, Oklahoma. The pilot, the sole occupant, received fatal injuries. The unregistered airplane was owned and operated by the non-certificated pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed about 1923 from a grass airstrip located approximately .5 miles east of the accident site, and was en route to Gage Airport (GAG), Gage, Oklahoma, located 5 miles northeast of the accident site. The pilot of the accident airplane had flown to the grass airstrip along with two ultra-light trike aircraft. One of the trike pilots reported that each aircraft did two or three landings at the grass airstrip. On the final takeoff from the airstrip, the two trike pilots were taxiing their aircraft to the northeast end of the airstrip to prepare to depart. The accident airplane was faster than the trikes and departed while they were still taxiing so they did not see the accident airplane again. The trike pilot stated that he believed that the accident airplane might have departed to the west initially. The two trike aircraft departed to the southeast once airborne. The trike pilot stated that perhaps the accident pilot was making a turn to join the two trike aircraft when the accident occurred. No one witnessed the accident. Another witness reported that he drove by the grass airstrip about 1920 and saw three aircraft on the ground at the
Probable cause
The noncertificated pilot’s failure to maintain control of the unregistered airplane during initial climb and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack, which resulted in a stall/spin.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
