# Accident 19991006044279A: Zinair CH2000, St Louis, MO, October 6, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1999, 09:00 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Creve Coeur Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7009° N, 90.4709° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7009&lon=-90.4709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25ZA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25ZA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zenair CH 2000 (registry code 9950100, https://openairdocs.org/model/zenair-ch-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZINAIR CH2000
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991006044279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) UPON ARRIVAL AT CREVE COEUR AIRPORT FOUND THE A/C HAD BEEN DISASSEMBLED TO THE FIREWALL WITH THE PROPELLER, ENGINE AND NOSE LANDING GEAR REMOVED. NOTED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS AND TEARING AND WRINKLING OF THE FIREWALL. STUDENT PIC WAS INTERVIEWED, AND FOUND THAT HE HAD BOUNCED DURING LANDING ON HIS THIRD SUPERVISED SOLO, HEARD A THUMP, WENT AROUND AND THEN LANDED NORMALLY AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOCK RING APPEARS TO HAVE COME OFF DURING LANDING, ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR TO TRAVEL BEYOND ITS DESIGNED TRAVEL LIMITS, WHICH CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, NOSE LANDING GEAR SURROUNDING STRUCTURE AND PROPELLER TIPS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA005), Oct 6, 1999: Zenair CH 2000 (N25ZA), St. Louis, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot misjudged the landing flare which resulted in a hard landing. A factor associated with the accident was the student's lack of total experience.

## Other reports on N25ZA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970324003529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970324003529I), Mar 24, 1997: Zinair CH2000 (N25ZA), Ramona, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 24, 1997, at approximately 1830 PST, CFI theodore sumner was conducting high speed taxi and aircraft handling operations with a student on…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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