# Incident 20041223033259I: Amtr ZENITHCH200, Fairfield, IA, December 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2004, 21:40 local time
- Place: Fairfield, IA
- Airport: Fairfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0557° N, 91.9808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRFIELD MUNI (FFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0557&lon=-91.9808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2529R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2529R-2019-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Conklin Dwight H ZENITH CH-200 (registry code 0564984, https://openairdocs.org/model/conklin-dwight-h-zenith-ch-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ZENITHCH200
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 384 total, 214 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041223033259I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20120309002949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120309002949I), Mar 9, 2012: Conklin Dwight H ZENITH CH-200 (N2529R), Claremore, OK, Minor damage. Aircraft 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…

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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