Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Kewanne Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Kewanne, Illinois 61443
Saturday, November 29, 2014 12:30 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On November 29, 2014, about 1230 central standard time, an experimental, amateur-built Rans S-14, sustained substantial damage during a loss of control while landing at the Kewanee Municipal Airport (EZI), Kewanee, Illinois. The sport pilot received serious injuries. The airplane was not registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and did not have an "N" number. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane departed EZI about 1200 on a local flight.
The airport manager reported that he saw the airplane flying at EZI. He reported that the pilot did a go-around after the first attempt to land on runway 19 (3,200 feet by 60 feet, asphalt). During the second attempt to land, he observed the airplane on final at about 100 feet above ground level (agl); it was flying slowly with about a 1 to 2 degree nose up pitch. He reported that the airplane then dropped straight down while maintaining about a wings level attitude. The airplane was about 50 feet agl when he lost sight of it as it dropped below a hill. The airplane impacted a corn field about a 1/4 mile from the approach end of runway 19.
Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 103 states that airplanes that have an empty weight that exceeds 254 pounds or more; has a fuel capacity that exceeds 5 U.S. gallons; is capable of more than 55 knots airspeed at full power in level flight; and has a power-off stall speed that exceeds 24 knots are not considered ultralight airplanes and must be registered. The specifications for a Rans S-14 indicated that the empty weight is 390 pounds; it is equipped with a 9-gallon fuel tank; its cruise speed is 90 mph, and it has a stall speed of 38 mph.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/29/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1230 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | Kewanne |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 61443 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 411219N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0895750W |
| Event Location Airport | Kewanne Municipal Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | EZI |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0.5 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 190 |
| Airport Elevation | 858 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1152 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 290 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | MLI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 590 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 29 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 9 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 6 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 210 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 17 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.58 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | KMLI 291752Z 21013G17KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A2958 RMK A |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA-ROC-AGL |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 8 2014 10:02AM |
| User who most recently changed record | silj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | None |
| NTSB Number | CEN15LA068 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | RANS |
| Aircraft Model | S-14 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | -- |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 390 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | Yes |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Not registered |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | -- |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | Aaron Wade |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | On File |
| Operator City | Tuskwila |
| Operator State | IL |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 61368 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | EZI |
| Departure City | Kewanne |
| Departure State | IL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1200 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | EZI |
| Destination City | Kewanne |
| Destination State | IL |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 8 2014 11:48AM |
| User who most recently changed record | silj |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 19 |
| Runway Length | 3200 |
| Runway Width | 60 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |