# Incident 20040114000989I: Zinair CH2000, Beaufort, SC, January 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Beaufort, SC
- Airport: Beaufort County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4531° N, 80.7186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4531&lon=-80.7186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23ZA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23ZA-2011-01-25) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235N2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040114000989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 14, 2004 AT 1730 LOCAL TIME EST, A ZENITH CH 2000, N23ZA, ON LANDING RUNWAY 7 AT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT, BEAUFORT, SC (73J) VEERED TO THE LEFT, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE MUD IN A DITCH AND COLLAPSED. THE STUDENT PILOT THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE WEATHER WAS: WIND CALM (<5 KTS), VISIBILITY CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 15 DEGREES C.

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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