# Accident 20080807846419A: HDS601, Middleton, WI, August 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2008, 10:05 local time
- Place: Middleton, WI
- Airport: Middleton Municipal - Morey Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1142° N, 89.5317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1142&lon=-89.5317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9043A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9043A-2009-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Falk James J ZODIAC HDS-601 (registry code 05617D9, https://openairdocs.org/model/falk-james-j-zodiac-hds-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 series (registry code 55569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HDS601
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 22 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080807846419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 7, 2008, AT 1005 LOCAL, N9043A A ZENITH 601HDS FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 28 AT MOREY FIELD (C29) IN MIDDLETON, WI WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE RIGHT WING ALMOST MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RWY, PILOT RECOVERED, AS PILOT CONTINUED TO LAND ANOTHER GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE RIGHT WING THIS TIME MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.  RIGHT WING HIT THE EDGE OF RWY AND GRASS CARTWHEELING AIRCRAFT AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  WEATHER IN AREA WAS KMSN METAR 1453Z 30006KTS 10 SM CLR 22/14/3004.  WHILE INTERVIEWING PILOT OTHER PILOTS FROM THE AREA WERE LOOKING AT AIRCRAFT SAID ALSO SAID THERE WERE SOME GUSTY WIND EARLIER IN THE DAY.  (NONE WERE NOTED) PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## 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 CHI08CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA241), Aug 7, 2008: Falk Zodiac HDS-601 (N9043A), Middleton, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind. The crosswind was a factor.

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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