# Incident 20080810842379I: Zinair CH2000, Merced, CA, August 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2008, 13:30 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Municipal/Macready Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SRJS
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N376AM-2020-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 (registry code 0033001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-ch-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZINAIR CH2000
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 131 total, 131 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080810842379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/10/2008 AT APPROX 2130 AT CH2000, N376AM, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT (PENDING; ISSUED 06/19/2008), MADE AN UNCONTROLLABLE LANDING AT MCE (MERCED. CA).  THE LANDING WAS HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT PORPOSED, RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR BEING TORN OFF.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND/OR FIRE.  THE PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO, NO PAX'S.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS SUDDENLY STARTLED BY AN "ANIMAL" ON THE RUNWAY AND HE ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND WHICH RESULTED IN THE PORPOISING.

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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