# Incident 20091017020189I: Amtr ZODIAC601XL, Midlothian/Wax, TX, October 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2009, 15:30 local time
- Place: Midlothian/Wax, TX
- Airport: Mid-Way Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4583° N, 96.9125° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID-WAY RGNL (JWY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4583&lon=-96.9125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2630J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2630J-2018-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bannister Jay M ZODIAC 601XL (registry code 05624XF, https://openairdocs.org/model/bannister-jay-m-zodiac-601xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ZODIAC601XL
- Reported engine: CORVAI 2700CC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091017020189I

## Narrative

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

AT 3500FT MSL. ENGINE ON N2630, SURGED SEVERAL TIMES.  PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, COIL AND FUEL  PUMP.  AFTER SEVERAL MORE SURGES THE ENGINE QUIT.  PILOT TRIED TO RESTART ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES.  PILOT PUT AIRCRAFT INTO A TERRACED FIELD AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE UPSLOPE OF A TERRACE AND RE-LAUNCHED INTO THE AIR.  AT LOW AIRSPEED AIRCRAFT LOST ELEVATOR AUTHORITY WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TOUCH DOWN NOSE LOW.  THE NOSE GEAR CAUGHT THE BERM AND CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO DIG IN AND COLLASP STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.  PIOLT TURNED AND VERIFIED POWER SWITCHES WERE OFF AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT SUSTAINED TO NO INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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