# Accident 20070515009509A: Zinair CH2000, Atwater, CA, May 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2007, 13:15 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: K2QS
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N363AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N363AM-2018-09-13) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 511 total, 20 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070515009509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/15/2007, AT 1315 PDT, ZENAIR CH-2000 AIRCRAFT, N363AM, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WHEN IT CRASHED ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 30 AT MERCED MACREADY AIRPORT (MCE) IN MERCED, CA, DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT. CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT IN COMMAND, UNDER PART 141, SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF AT 100' TO 200' AGL DURING A STAGE CHECK PREPARATION TRAINING FLIGHT OF A STUDENT PILOT. AFTER THE INSTRUCTOR RETARDED THE POWER, THE STUDENT PILOT INCREASED THE PITCH ANGLE AND STALLED THE AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO RECOVER FROM THE STALLED CONDITION WITH POWER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE CONCRETE IN A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT, STRIKING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND AFT FUSELAGE ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AT THE TAXIWAY AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. INSPECTION DISCLOSED THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AT THE HORIZONTAL TAIL, THE ENGINE MOUNTS, AND THE FIREWALL.

## 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 SEA07CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA130), May 15, 2007: Aircraft Mfg & Dev. CH 2000 (N363AM), Merced, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadvertent stall/mush during a simulated power loss after takeoff and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was…

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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