# Accident 20080829844729A: ZODIAC601XL, Hayden, ID, August 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2008, 12:30 local time
- Place: Hayden, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7736° N, 116.8206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7736&lon=-116.8206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9881T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9881T-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lien Kenneth ZODIAC 601 XL (registry code 05622YT, https://openairdocs.org/model/lien-kenneth-zodiac-601-xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZODIAC601XL
- Reported engine: AMTR CORVAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080829844729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 19 FROM COUER D'ALENE, IDAHO AIRPORT (COE) IN HIS ZODIAC 601XL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT.  AT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM COE, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS, FOLLOWED BY THE PILOT LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SUBSEQUENT IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  THE IMPACT CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 SEA08LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA190), Aug 29, 2008: Lien Zodiac 601 XL (N9881T), Coeur d'Alene, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after the engine experienced a loss of power. Contributing to the accident was the mixture control arm separating from the fuel metering valve shaft.

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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