# Accident 20100715037639A: Klemme Will ZENITH CH 7, Iowa Falls, IA, July 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Iowa Falls, IA
- Airport: Iowa Falls
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4736° N, 93.2722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4736&lon=-93.2722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N701KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N701KC-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Klemme William H ZENITH CH 701 (registry code 05628N9, https://openairdocs.org/model/klemme-william-h-zenith-ch-701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 series (registry code 55569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KLEMME WILL ZENITH CH 7
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 756 total, 0 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA401) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100715037639A

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS INITIAL FLIGHT IN THE AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT A CONTROLABILITY OR ENGINE PROBLEM. THE PILOT HAD PERFORMED A GO-AROUND DUE TO LOCAL TRAFFIC AND WAS RETURNING TO LAND. ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH AT ABOUT 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE ENGINE NOISE REDUCED, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED, THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A SPIN TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE ROTATED 180 DEGREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAT BURNED. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE BUT WAS EXERCISING AS A SPORT PILOT BECAUSE OF NO MEDICAL.

## 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 CEN10LA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA401), Jul 15, 2010: Klemme William H Zenith CH 701 (N701KC), Iowa Falls, IA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed while on final approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the model of…

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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