OpenAirDocs.org

20041223033259I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Amtr ZENITH CH-200 · Fairfield, IA · December 23, 2004

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
December 23, 2004 · 21:40 local
Place
Fairfield, IA
Airport
Fairfield Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2529R
Reported as
Amtr ZENITHCH200
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
384 total214 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days
N2529RRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2019 · Conklin Dwight H ZENITH CH-200S/N 2-450 · Built 1982Airframe modelConklin Dwight H ZENITH CH-200Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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.

(-23) Pilot was on approach to Fairfield Municipal Airport (ffl) attempting to land ahead of a Cessna citation. For this reason he decided to land on runway 18 even though this was a downwind landing. According to fort dodge afss the wind at ffl was 290 degrees at 10 knots. Pilot stated that he made the decision to land on runway 18 too high and too close so that even with a descent rate of 1500 feet per minute he crossed the threshold too high and too fast and was unable to land. Pilot initiated a go-around due to excessive speed. During go-around the engine started to lose power. The pilot stated he pulled carb heat on and the engine momentarily caught then quit. He also stated the aircraft was too low to effect an engine restart so he landed in a field approximately one mile short of the airport. Pilot reported that the aircraft bounced twice, on the second bounce the aircraft landed on an up slope causing the nose landing gear to break off with visible damage to the engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO FAIRFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FFL) ATTEMPTING TO LAND AHEAD OF A CESSNA CITATION. FOR THIS REASON HE DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18 EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A DOWNWIND LANDING. ACCORDING TO FORT DODGE AFSS THE WIND AT FFL WAS 290 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS. PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE THE DECISION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18 TOO HIGH AND TOO CLOSE SO THAT EVEN WITH A DESCENT RATE OF 1500 FEET PER MINUTE HE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD TOO HIGH AND TOO FAST AND WAS UNABLE TO LAND. PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED. DURING GO-AROUND THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT STATED HE PULLED CARB HEAT ON AND THE ENGINE MOMENTARILY CAUGHT THEN QUIT. HE ALSO STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW TO EFFECT AN ENGINE RESTART SO HE LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE, ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON AN UP SLOPE CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO BREAK OFF WITH VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING.

Other reports on N2529R · 1

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

Incident 20120309002949ILanding: Touchdown · Claremore, OKAircraft got too slow during final approach to landing, landed hard and bounced. The left main gear was damaged. The aircraft lost directional control and went off of the runway to the left.Mar 9, 2012 · Minor damage