# Accident 20090310005319A: Burkho ZODIAC601HD, Live Oak, FL, March 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2009, 16:50 local time
- Place: Live Oak, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3000° N, 83.0244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3000&lon=-83.0244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601DE-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkholder Jimmy C ZODIAC 601 HD (registry code 05611RE, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkholder-jimmy-c-zodiac-601-hd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BURKHO ZODIAC601HD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090310005319A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  N601DE, ON SW HEADING 1 MILE NORTH OF 76TH ST. LIVE OAK, FL. BRUSHED TREE LINE ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD WENT UNDER 40 FT. POWERLINE AND IMPACTED TREE ON SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD, A/C DESTROYED BY FIRE WITH PILOT SERIOUS INJURIES AND PASSENGER DECEASED.  WITNESSES ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY STATED THAT THEY SEEN PLANE FLY OVERHEAD APROX 1:30 PM AND THERE APPEARED TO BE SMOKE COMING FROM PLANE.  PILOT IN SHANDS BURN CENTER NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DIED 04/06/2009.

## 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 ERA09LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA193), Mar 10, 2009: Burkholder Jimmy C Zodiac 601HD (N601DE), Live Oak, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control of the airplane for undetermined reasons.

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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