# Accident 20150809015119A: Board James A ZENITH 601 HD, Junction, KY, August 9, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2015, 19:10 local time
- Place: Junction, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N740JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N740JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Board James A ZENITH 601 HD (registry code 05632NY, https://openairdocs.org/model/board-james-a-zenith-601-hd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOARD JAMES A ZENITH 601 HD
- Reported engine: CHEVROLET CORVAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150809015119A

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND, ^JAMES ALBERT BOARD^, ^SPENT 6 YEARS BUILDING HIS^ EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ZENITH CH601 HD, N740JB.  ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, SUNDAY, AUGUST 09, 2015, ^MR. BOARD^ DROVE N740JB FROM HIS RESIDENCE ^7030 KY HIGHWAY 1247^, STANDIFORD, KY 40484 TO STUART POWELL FIELD (KDVK) IN DANVILLE, KY.  ^MR. BOARD^ AT KDVK INSTALLED THE WINGS ON N740JB.  HE THEN RAN AN EXTENSIVE ENGINE RUN-UP AND ALL INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL.  THIS WAS ^MR. BOARD'S^ FIRST FLIGHT IN A ZENITH AIRCRAFT, AND WAS THE FIRST ACTUAL FLIGHT FOR N740JB. ^ MR. BOARD^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 30, WHICH IS 5000 FEET LONG.  THE TAKEOFF ROLL WAS 2500 FEET BEFORE ROTATION, AND THE CLIMB TO TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE, 2000 FEET MSL, APPEARED TO BE NORMAL.  AROUND TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE, THE ENGINE WAS CREATING NORMAL POWER, BUT THE AMOUNT OF THRUST WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  ^MR. BOARD^ STRUCK A UTILITY LINE THEN FLEW APPROXIMATELY 345 FEET BEFORE STRIKING A GROUP OF TREES OUTLINING AN OPEN FIELD.

## 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

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