# Accident 20080112857769A: Zierma RV8, Round Lake/Haze, MN, January 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2008, 12:38 local time
- Place: Round Lake/Haze, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3214° N, 93.8403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3214&lon=-93.8403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N617MZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N617MZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ziermann Marlin R RV8 (registry code 0561456, https://openairdocs.org/model/ziermann-marlin-r-rv8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZIERMA RV8
- Reported engine: LYC IO360
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080112857769A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 12, 2008, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PILOT OF N617MZ, DEPARTED BRAINERED, NM (KBRD) AS A FLIGHT OF THREE ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT OF THE SECOND AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DROPPED OUT OF THE FLIGHT WITH NO RADIO CONTACT WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FLIGHT.  I/A/W THE STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT OF SECOND AIRCRAFT, "IT APPEARED TO HIM THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE LAKE AND BOUNCED AND SPUN AROUND.  HE SPUN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF HIS INTENDED LANDING DIRECTION."  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED THAT "IT APPEARED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MISJUDGED DUE TO THE SNOW AND THE HEIGHT THAT HE WAS AT FOR THE APPROACH TO LANDING AND THE WHITEOUT CONDITION."  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A WITNESS ON THE GROUND STANDING OUTSIDE HIS FISH HOUSE STATED, "THAT THE ENGINE WAS MISSING, SPUTTERING AND CUTTING OUT.  THE AIRCRAFT BANKED TO THE RIGHT HEADING EAST TOWARD MILLE LACS LAKE AND IT BANKED AGAIN AND TURNED AND THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AGAIN AND SUDDENLY IT WENT DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALMOST FLAT WHEN IT HIT AND SPUN OUT.  AT THE POINT OF IMPACT, STUFF STARTED FLYING AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO A STOP."  HE STATED AGAIN THAT THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING WHEN, THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT, "HE IMMEDIATELY WENT OVER AND FOUND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UNCONSCIOUS WITH A GASH IN HIS HEAD AND ONE IN HIS NOSE."

## 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 CHI08LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA067), Jan 12, 2008: Ziermann RV8 (N617MZ), Garrison, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during cruise and the misjudged flare resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the frozen lake to which the pilot performed a…

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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