# Accident 20171127022139A: Zenith CH750, Louviers, CO, November 27, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2017, 15:20 local time
- Place: Louviers, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4622° N, 105.0078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4622&lon=-105.0078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N956GM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N956GM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Motley Gary W ZENITH CH750 CRUZER (registry code 05636F4, https://openairdocs.org/model/motley-gary-w-zenith-ch750-cruzer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Viking 130 GDI (registry code 63999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-130-gdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZENITH CH750
- Reported engine: VIKING 130
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 32 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171127022139A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN18LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA042), Nov 27, 2017: Motley Gary W Zenith CH750 Cruzer (N956GM), Louviers, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The engine’s excessive cylinder head temperatures and the subsequent seizing of the engine, which resulted from an engine control unit that caused the engine’s fuel-air mixture to be too lean.

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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