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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Harris Lin Mcminn ZODIAC 601 HDS · Nampa, ID · September 2, 1997

Date: September 2, 1997 · 19:00 local
Place: Nampa, ID
Airport: Nampa
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N21LT
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 64 total

N21LTRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 1999 · Harris Lin Mcminn ZODIAC 601 HDSS/N 3148LHI Airframe modelHarris Lin Mcminn ZODIAC 601 HDS

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot doing high speed taxi tests and let the aircraft get airborne. He could not maintain control of the aircraft and crashed into a warehouse under construction just west of the runway. The pilot received fatal injuries. The NTSB determined it was not for the intent of flight and was not an accident. This report and investigation are closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT DOING HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTS AND LET THE AIRCRAFT GET AIRBORNE. HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO A WAREHOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION JUST WEST OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE NTSB DETERMINED IT WAS NOT FOR THE INTENT OF FLIGHT AND WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.