# Accident 20081025850429A: Chambe MINIMAX, Winnsboro, LA, October 25, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2008, 18:30 local time
- Place: Winnsboro, LA
- Airport: Winnsboro Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1530° N, 91.6986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINNSBORO MUNI (F89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1530&lon=-91.6986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8637L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8637L-2013-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chamberlin Victor Wayne MINIMAX (registry code 05604YI, https://openairdocs.org/model/chamberlin-victor-wayne-minimax) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMBE MINIMAX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081025850429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED F89 A NON-TOWERED AIRPORT, FROM THE WEST FOR A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 36.  THE PILOT NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT OVERFLY THE AIRPORT, BUT LOST SIGHT OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WHEN HE TURNED DOWNWIND.  ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 36 THE PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT OVERHEAD AND DESCENDING INTO HIM.  THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET ABOVE HIM.  THE PILOT DOVE AND TURNED TO AVOID A POSSIBLE COLLISION.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES ON THE PERIMETER OF THE AIRPORT CAUSING THE AIRCAFT TO CRASH.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIED TO THE PILOT.

## 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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