ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23183
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 September 2007 |
| Time: | 13:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Rans S-7S Courier |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 0706441 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rhodes Corner Lunenburg County NS, Nova Scotia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Rans S7S Courier advanced ultra-light aircraft was being flown for the purpose of giving a float check-out to a pilot/friend, of the pilot/owner. The pilot/owner was sitting in the rear seat of the dual control - tandem seat configured aircraft and the pilot/friend being checked out was occupying the front seat. The flights consisted of taking off from Crouse lake, flying a circuit, and landing back on the lake. On the accident flight, the aircraft had taken off and was turning onto the downwind leg when the aircraft suddenly descended and struck the ground. The aircraft was in a 12 to 15 degree nose down, slight left wing low attitude with a high vertical rate of descent when it struck the ground and after initial impact, it traveled forward another 23 feet before coming to rest. A post crash fire, in the engine compartment, was quickly extinguished by witnesses and the local fire department that arrived on scene within fifteen minutes of the accident. The pilot occupying the front seat received fatal injuries, the rear seat pilot, who received serious injuries, was evacuated from the aircraft and airlifted to hospital.
Sources:
2007A1123
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
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