# Accident 20131021019689A: Collins Arthur F ZENITH STOL CH 701, Deer Park, WA, October 21, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2013, 12:50 local time
- Place: Deer Park, WA
- Airport: Deer Park Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9671° N, 117.4286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEER PARK (DEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9671&lon=-117.4286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2849C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2849C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Collins Arthur F ZENITH STOL CH 701 (registry code 056268K, https://openairdocs.org/model/collins-arthur-f-zenith-stol-ch-701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLLINS ARTHUR F ZENITH STOL CH 701
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 24 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131021019689A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE HAD FLOWN EARLIER IN THE DAY TO CHECK OUT AN OIL OVER-HEATING PROBLEM. TOOK OFF AND LANDED ON PAVED RUNWAY 4/22.  PILOT WANTED TO MOVE AIRCRAFT TO HIS HOME TO WORK ON HEAT PROBLEM, SO DECIDED TO DO A PRACTICE TAKEOFF AND LANDING OR TWO ON THE PARALLEL DIRT STRIP AT THE AIRPORT.

ON LANDING HE STATED THAT THE "BOTTOM KINDA DROPPED OUT" AND HE LANDED THREE POINT.  THIS RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR CROSSMEMBER CONTACTING THE NOSE TIRE, CAUSING THE NOSE TO DIG IN AND, AT ABOUT 30-40 MILES PER HOUR, EVENTUALLY FLIP THE AIRCRAFT OVER ON TO ITS TOP.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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