20121217027489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Zenair CH 2000 · Jasper, FL · December 17, 2012

Date
December 17, 2012 · 10:40 local
Place
Jasper, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1204D
Reported as
Zenair CH 2000
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
59 total55 in this make and model55 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.

On December 17, 2012, at approximately (1040) EST, a Zenair Ltd ch 2000, N1204D, serial no. 200016, owned by jacksonville flight training LLC, and operated by a student pilot on a solo cross-country flight to live oak/suwannee county airport (K24J), mistakenly flew into bad weather causing the student pilot to panic and land in an open field one mile south of interstate 75 near the suwannee river, live oak, Florida. The aircrafts nose wheel assembly broke off during crash landing in a soft field forcing the nose of the aircraft into the ground where it came to rest 90 degrees upright. The aircraft sustained damage to the propeller assembly, minor damage to the engine cowling, and a broken light lens on the left wingtip. The flight originated at the jacksonville/duval herlong airport, (kheg). Meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. The student pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 17, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY (1040) EST, A ZENAIR LTD CH 2000, N1204D, SERIAL NO. 200016, OWNED BY JACKSONVILLE FLIGHT TRAINING LLC, AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO LIVE OAK/SUWANNEE COUNTY AIRPORT (K24J), MISTAKENLY FLEW INTO BAD WEATHER CAUSING THE STUDENT PILOT TO PANIC AND LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD ONE MILE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 75 NEAR THE SUWANNEE RIVER, LIVE OAK, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF DURING CRASH LANDING IN A SOFT FIELD FORCING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GROUND WHERE IT CAME TO REST 90 DEGREES UPRIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING, AND A BROKEN LIGHT LENS ON THE LEFT WINGTIP. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE JACKSONVILLE/DUVAL HERLONG AIRPORT, (KHEG). METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS UNINJURED.