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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Zenith CH750 · Louviers, CO · November 27, 2017

Date
November 27, 2017 · 15:20 local
Place
Louviers, CO
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N956GM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN18LA042
Reported as
Zenith CH750
Reported engine
VIKING 130
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total32 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 27, 2017 at approximately 1520 local time, a Zenith CH750 cruzer received substantial damage to the right wing strut when it hit a barb wire fence post while performing and emergency landing after a loss of engine power while in cruise flight. The pilotprivacy data omitted was the only occupant on board at the time of the accident and was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 27, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 LOCAL TIME, A ZENITH CH750 CRUZER RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING STRUT WHEN IT HIT A BARB WIRE FENCE POST WHILE PERFORMING AND EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.