# Accident 20080408837899A: Czawsp CH601XLRTF, Polk City, FL, April 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2008, 17:05 local time
- Place: Polk City, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.1805° N, 81.8300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Polk City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1805&lon=-81.8300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357DT-2015-05-15) (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 ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 516 total, 205 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080408837899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO EYE WITNESSES, A/C WAS AT APPROX 600 FT TRAVELING SW IN THE DIRECTION OF LAKELAND, FL. THE A/C BEGAN TO BOBBLE, FOLLOWED BY A POPPING SOUND, THEN THE RIGHT WING FOLDED UP FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING FOLDING UP. THE A/C TUCKED ITSELF IN A HOLE ABOUT 6 FT DEEP 3 MILES NW OF POLK CITY, FL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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