# Accident 20160812017269A: Lonny D Gunther ZENITH ZODIAC 601 XLB, Ocean Shores, WA, August 12, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2016, 09:59 local time
- Place: Ocean Shores, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9922° N, 124.1403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9922&lon=-124.1403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N619LD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N619LD-2016-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lonny D Gunther ZENITH ZODIAC 601XLB (registry code 05634DZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/lonny-d-gunther-zenith-zodiac-601xlb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LONNY D GUNTHER ZENITH ZODIAC 601 XLB
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160812017269A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 12, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HOQUIAM AIRPORT (HQM) USING RUNWAY 24 ABOARD HIS AMATEUR-BUILT ZODIAC 601 XLB.  HE PROCEEDED HIS INITIALLY CLIMB TO 1,200 FEET AND TURNED SOUTH OVER THE BAY. HE CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO 2,500 FEET AND TURNED WEST TOWARD WESTPORT. AT THIS TIME HE CONTINUED FLYING TO THE CHANNEL WEST OF RAYMOND  AND TOWARD LONG BEACH PENINSULA. SOON THEREAFTER, HE MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND FLEW BACK EAST OF THE PENINSULA CROSSING OVER WESTPORT AND CONTINUED NORTH ACROSS THE CHANNEL TOWARD DAMON POINT. AT THIS TIME HE INDICATED THAT HIS VOLTMETER IS BECOMING ERRATIC AND SHOWS NEGATIVE READING. HE STATED THAT MOMENTS LATER, HIS ENGINE QUIT AND  NOTICED ALL ELECTRICAL POWER ON THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. HE IMMEDIATELY PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURE AND AT 2,500 FEET HE STATED THAT HE SLOWED DOWN TO MAINTAIN BEST GLIDE SPEED TO 70 MPH AND LOOK FOR THE SAFE SPOT TO LAND. HE STATED THAT HE MADE A WESTERLY APPROACH AND SLOWED DOWN TO FULL STALL SPEED AND SCRAPED THE TOP OF THE BUSHES. RIGHT WING WENT DOWN AND WAS CAUGHT ON THE BUSHES AND TURNED THE PLANE FACING NORTH EAST. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 WPR16LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA164), Aug 12, 2016: Zenith CH601 (N619LD), Ocean Shores, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A reduction in electrical power, which disabled both fuel pumps and resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power.

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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