20110129001531A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ertz Mark G Zodiac 601X · Burlington, IA · January 29, 2011

Date
January 29, 2011 · 16:15 local
Place
Burlington, IA
Airport
Southeast Iowa Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N200BE
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11LA168
Reported as
Ertz Mark G Zodiac 601X
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total500 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot of the zodiac made several radio transmissions prior to and while in the local traffic pattern for runway 36 at Southeast Iowa Regional Airport in Burlington, Iowa (kbrl). He was communicating with other aircraft throughout the event. The aircraft landed on runway 36, and at the conclusion of the landing rollout and just prior to exiting the runway, he was struck from behind by N602CB on its landing rollout. The aircraft had one passenger on board and there were no injuries reported. The aircraft had substantial damage to the tail section while N602CB had minor damage to the propeller and cowl area.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT OF THE ZODIAC MADE SEVERAL RADIO TRANSMISSIONS PRIOR TO AND WHILE IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 36 AT SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN BURLINGTON, IOWA (KBRL). HE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 36, AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE LANDING ROLLOUT AND JUST PRIOR TO EXITING THE RUNWAY, HE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY N602CB ON ITS LANDING ROLLOUT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL SECTION WHILE N602CB HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND COWL AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.