# Accident 20061111028199A: Czawsp CH601XLRTF, Basye, VA, November 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2006, 16:30 local time
- Place: Basye, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8219° N, 78.7514° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8219&lon=-78.7514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601VA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601VA-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro CH 601 XL RTF (registry code 05619LF, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-aircraft-works-spol-sro-ch-601-xl-rtf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZAWSP CH601XLRTF
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061111028199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT, A ZENAIR 601 XL WAS MANEUVERING IN THE VICINITY OF SKY BRYCE AIRPORT (VG18) JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. WITNESSES REPORT AN AIRCRAFT MATCHING THIS DESCRIPTION OPERATING VERY LOW AND SLOW, USING HIGH BANK ANGLES AND AT LEAST ONE SURGE TO A HIGH POWER SETTING. THE FINAL WITNESS IN POINT OF TIME REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER HER AT VERY LOW ALTITUDE IN A MODERATE LEFT BANK. SHE SAID THE ENGINE WAS INITIALLY VERY LOUD BUT THEN WENT SILENT FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS AFTER WHICH SHE HEARD IT HIT THE TREES AND CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TOPS OF TREES IN A DENSELY WOODED AREA AND DROPPED ALMOST VERTICALLY, APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT DAMAGE AND THE SINGLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. RECOVERED SECTIONS OF THE PROPELLER SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND ALL SECTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE WRECKAGE OR WERE STILL ATTACHED. CONTINUITY OF ALL CONTROL SURFACES WAS CONFIRMED. THE ENGINE WAS ESSENTIALLY INTACT AND ALL MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OPERATED NORMALLY DURING ROTATION. BOTH WING FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE INTACT AND EMPTY. DISASSEMBLY AND DRAINAGE OF AVAILABLE FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS NETTED LESS THAN TWO OUNCES OF AVGAS FUEL REMAINING IN THE WRECKAGE.

## 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 NYC07FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA025), Nov 11, 2006: Czech Aircraft Works CH 601 XL RTF (N601VA), Basye, VA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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