# Accident 20050226003309A: Amtr CH601HDS, Dobbersville, NC, February 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dobbersville, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2258° N, 78.0408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2258&lon=-78.0408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2521B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2521B-2013-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bennett Ra Oliver ZODIAC CH 601 HDS (registry code 056075O, https://openairdocs.org/model/bennett-ra-oliver-zodiac-ch-601-hds) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CH601HDS
- Reported engine: AMTR EA81
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 5 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050226003309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD, BUT DUE TO THE SMOKE OBSTRUCTING VISION, PILOT MISSED THE FIELD AND LANDED IN THE TREES.

## 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 ATL05CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA053), Feb 26, 2005: Bennett Ra Oliver Zodiac CH 601 HDS (N2521B), Mt. Olive, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Rupture of the engine's cooling system radiator, which allowed steam to fill the cockpit.

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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