# Incident 20121217027489I: Zenair Ltd CH 2000, Jasper, FL, December 17, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2012, 10:40 local time
- Place: Jasper, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4559° N, 82.9342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jasper, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4559&lon=-82.9342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1204D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1204D-2023-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zenair CH 2000 (registry code 9950100, https://openairdocs.org/model/zenair-ch-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZENAIR LTD CH 2000
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 55 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121217027489I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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