# Accident 20080814843999A: CH601XLISLSA, Mckinney, TX, August 14, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2008, 11:22 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1564° N, 96.4817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1564&lon=-96.4817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N451BB-2017-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Dvlpmt CH601XLI SLSA (registry code 060004E, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-dvlpmt-ch601xli-slsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200A (registry code 17404, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CH601XLISLSA
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,783 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080814843999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 14, 2008 AT 1706Z, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT ON A VFR INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED MCKINNEY AIRPORT (ATCT) IN A ZODIAC 601 XLI LSA AIRCRAFT, JUST FINISHED MANEUVERS AND ENTERED STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN THE CANOPY OPENED UP ON FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT ENTERED A NOSE DIVE AND IMPACTED AN OPEN FIELD AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATLY 12 MILES EAST OF THE DEPARTURE POINT.  THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE STUDENT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HELD A MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANE AND INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE.  THE STUDENT PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ATCT ON 08/14/2008 AND WAS OPERATING IN THE LOCAL AREA.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 DEN08FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA140), Aug 14, 2008: Aircraft Mfg & Dev. CH601XLi (N451BB), Farmersville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent tail stall and subsequent loss of airplane control as a result of the open canopy. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate emergency procedures provided by the airplane…

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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