# Incident 20170918019569I: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro ZENAIR CH 701 STOL, Clearwater Beac, FL, September 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2017, 12:50 local time
- Place: Clearwater Beac, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9772° N, 82.8279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9772&lon=-82.8279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61KW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro ZENAIR CH 701 STOL (registry code 05630Q0, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-aircraft-works-spol-sro-zenair-ch-701-stol) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH AIRCRAFT WORKS SPOL SRO ZENAIR CH 701 STOL
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,872 total, 850 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170918019569I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2017, AT 1250 EDT, A CZECH AIRCRAFT WORKS SPOL SRO,

ZENAIR CH 701 STOL, N61KW, REGISTERED TO PRAGWAY US INC., MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER EXPERIENCING ENGINE POWER LOSS, ON SAND KEY BEACH, CLEARWATER BEACH, FL, WHILE ON A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDAMAGED AND BOTH THE PILOT-INCOMMAND (PIC) AND HIS PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK (X39), LUTZ, FL, APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

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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