# Incident 20061103025169I: Zinair CH2000, Mount Airy, NC, November 3, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2006, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mount Airy, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5085° N, 80.6145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Airy, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5085&lon=-80.6145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N240AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N240AM-2023-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 (registry code 0033001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-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 O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 475 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061103025169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ST. SIMONS ISLAND, MCKINNON AIRPORT, GA AT 9:50 ENROUTE TO MT. AIRY AIRPORT (MWK). WHILE APPROACHING MWK ON A 3 MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 36 THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS PULLED ON AND ENGINE APPEARED TO SMOOTH OUT. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AGAIN. FUEL TANKS WERE SWITCHED RIGHT TO LEFT AND ENGINE RAN NORMAL. A GRASS STRIP WAS SPOTTED. AFTER 180 DEGREE TURN THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AGAIN AND FUEL TANKS WERE SWAPPED. ENGINE REMAINED ROUGH AND TANKS WERE SWITCHED AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A RIGHT TURN TO LINE UP ON THE GRASS STRIP. IT APPEARED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE GRASS STRIP SO A SUITABLE FIELD WAS PICKED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE FIELD AT ABOUT 1:30 PM, 3:40 HOURS AFTER DEPARTING ST. SIMONS ISLAND. THE NOSE WHEEL SHEARED OFF DURING ROLL OUT AND THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED BACK. THE CREW WAS UNINJURED AND THEY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED TO GET HELP. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED NOSE GEAR DAMAGE, NO FIREWALL DAMAGE; PROPELLER WAS BENT, SPINNER DAMAGE, ENGINE COWL DAMAGE, AND FUSELAGE DAMAGE AT THE LEFT WING ROOT AT ABOUT THE MID WING POSITION. THE FUEL TANKS WERE DRAINED AND 2.3 GALLONS REMAINED IN THE RIGHT TANKAND 2.7 GALLONS IN LEFT TANK.

## Other reports on N240AM (1)

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

- [Accident 20050718017109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050718017109A), Jul 18, 2005: Zinair CH2000 (N240AM), Winston Salem, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft landed at int at approximately 1530 with student and instructor on board. Instructor gave the student additional ground training and then…

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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