What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On July 16, 2016, the airman, while acting as pilot-in-command of an experimental zenith model CH-801, was involved in an aircraft accident while landing at the Beaumont hotel airport in Beaumont, Kansas. According to the airman, the aircraft?s final approach speed was faster than normal to accommodate for the gusty surface winds; visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident with the surface winds at twelve to fifteen knots from the southeast. The aircraft landed at a fast airspeed in the crosswind conditions, exerienced a hard landing and subsequently bounced. As the aircraft bounced back up in the air, the aircraft stalled, and impacted the ground and flipped over onto its back. Pursuant to the airman?s statement, a post accident inspection of the aircraft revealed that the nose gear bungee failed, which could result in a loss of rudder effectiveness. The investigation did not reveal any aircraft anomaly or malfunction that would have contributed to the initial accident sequence. The airman and the only passenger aboard the aircraft sustained minor injuries as a result of them existing the aircraft. The aircraft did not present any mechanical anomalies before or during the flight until the CH-801 made initial contact with the ground.
As the FAA filed it
ON JULY 16, 2016, THE AIRMAN, WHILE ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ZENITH MODEL CH-801, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT THE BEAUMONT HOTEL AIRPORT IN BEAUMONT, KANSAS. ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN, THE AIRCRAFT?S FINAL APPROACH SPEED WAS FASTER THAN NORMAL TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS; VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WITH THE SURFACE WINDS AT TWELVE TO FIFTEEN KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT A FAST AIRSPEED IN THE CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, EXERIENCED A HARD LANDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY BOUNCED. AS THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK UP IN THE AIR, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. PURSUANT TO THE AIRMAN?S STATEMENT, A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR BUNGEE FAILED, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF RUDDER EFFECTIVENESS. THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY AIRCRAFT ANOMALY OR MALFUNCTION THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INITIAL ACCIDENT SEQUENCE. THE AIRMAN AND THE ONLY PASSENGER ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THEM EXISTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT PRESENT ANY MECHANICAL ANOMALIES BEFORE OR DURING THE FLIGHT UNTIL THE CH-801 MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.