# Accident 20140821020439A: Herder Michael ZODIAC 601 HD, Fredericksburg, TX, August 21, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2014, 14:45 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, TX
- Airport: Fredericksburg
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2489° N, 98.9133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2489&lon=-98.9133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318MH-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Herder Michael ZODIAC 601 HD (registry code 05629Y7, https://openairdocs.org/model/herder-michael-zodiac-601-hd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HERDER MICHAEL ZODIAC 601 HD
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 125 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA447) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140821020439A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS APPROACHING GILLESPIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FREDERICKSBURG TEXAS. AWOS WAS REPORTING WINDS OF 18 TO 22 KNOTS AND GUSTING. PILOT MADE TWO UNSUCCESFUL ATTEMPTS TO LAND DUE TO GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.

ON THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT PILOT WAS APPROXIMATLEY 100 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY AND FELT HE COULD NOT MAKE A SUCESSFUL LANDING,  PILOT DECIDED TO TURN LEFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND WHEN A STRONG CROSSWIND GUST BLEW UNDER THE RIGHT WING OF AIRCRAFT CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO GO  INTO A LEFT 90 DEGREE BANK ANGLE AND LOSE SIGNIFICANT LIFT. THE LEFT WING STRUCK GROUND FIRST THEN THE NOSE HIT AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATLY I00 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN14LA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA447), Aug 21, 2014: Herder Michael Zodiac 601 HD (N318MH), Fredericksburg, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during a gusting crosswind landing.

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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