# Accident 20181116022599A: Lynch Jay A ZODIAC 601XL, Overgaard, AZ, November 16, 2018 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 16, 2018, 15:30 local time - Place: Overgaard, AZ - Airport: Mogollon Airpark - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.4058° N, 110.5242° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4058&lon=-110.5242&mi=10 - Aircraft: N322JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N322JL-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Lynch Jay A ZODIAC 601XL (registry code 05628YW, https://openairdocs.org/model/lynch-jay-a-zodiac-601xl) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: LYNCH JAY A ZODIAC 601XL - Reported engine: JABIRU 3300 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 2 - Other injuries: 0 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA026) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181116022599A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 AT AZ82, WHEN ITS RIGHT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE, HIT THE TOP OF AN 80-FOOT TREE ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY, 1,500 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT?S WING-TIP LIGHT SHROUD AND GLASS COVER WERE FOUND NEAR THE TREE ALONG WITH 3-INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE TREE. THE RUNWAY?S THRESHOLD IS AT 6,628 FEET MSL AND THE TOP OF THE TREE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK IS ABOUT 35 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD ALTITUDE. THE RUNWAY CROWNS THE TOP OF A HILL THAT PEAKS JUST BEFORE THE THRESHOLD OF 21. RUNWAY 21 HAS A 750 FOOT LONG, DOWN SLOPING DISPLACED THRESHOLD, WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY 500 FOOT LONG DOWN SLOPING TAXIWAY, WHICH IS ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY. THE TAXIWAY ENDS AT A HOUSE ON THE AIRPARK, WHICH IS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 21. THE ROOF OF THAT HOUSE IS THE SECOND POINT OF CONTACT IN THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE. SIGNATURE MARKS FROM THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE AIRCRAFT?S RIGHT WING START ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CROWN OF THE ROOF, WHICH IS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 21, AND CONTINUE DIAGONALLY TO THE PEAK OF THE ROOF (AIRCRAFT IS INVERTED AT THIS POINT). THE NEXT SIGNATURES ARE ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOF, AND NEAR THE AIRPORT END OF THE ROOF, WHERE THE PROPELLER MADE THREE GOUGES THROUGH THE ROOF. ONE OF THE BLADES BROKE OFF WAS FOUND 170 FEET FROM THE HOME ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY. THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND THE BREAKING OF THE PROPELLER BLADE AT ITS ROOT, INDICATE SIGNIFICANT POWER PRODUCED AT THE MOMENT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE ROOF. THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT A SECOND TREE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE HOUSE AT ABOUT 20 FEET OFF THE GROUND. THE COLLAPSED BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND BOTTOM OF THE INBOARD PART OF THE LEFT WING INDICATED THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREE IN A NOSE DOWN CONFIGURATION. THE TAIL SCORPIONED OVER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND REMAINED IN THE TREE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT THE TARMAC OF THE AIRPARK TAXI WAY INVERTED AND THERE WERE SCRAPE MARKS AND OIL MARKS CONSISTENT WITH THE AIRPLANE ROTATING ACROSS THE RAMP. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS INVERTED AND WAS POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OF ABOUT 250°. THE RECOVERED AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED WITH NO ABNORMALITIES FOUND IN ITS POWER PLANT OR CONTROLS. A FIGHT WAS CONDUCTED TO AZ82, A PRIVATE AIRPARK, WITH SEVERAL LOW APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 21 TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE CROWNING OF THE RUNWAY COMBINED WITH DOWNWARD SLOPING DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND TAXIWAY, WOULD CREATE AN ILLUSION THAT COULD CAUSE THE PILOT TO FIXATE ON THE END OF THE TAXIWAY AS THE LANDING TARGET. NO ILLUSIONS WERE IDENTIFIED. THE MARKINGS INTENDED TO IDENTIFY THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD HOWEVER, WERE FADED, PROVIDING LITTLE CONTRAST, MAKING IDENTIFYING THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD MORE DIFFICULT. THE NTSB ADVISED THE AIRPARK OWNER?S ASSOCIATION OF THIS CONCERN. ## 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 WPR19FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA026), Nov 16, 2018: Zenith CH601 (N322JL), Overgaard, AZ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to monitor the airport’s visual approach path indicator during the final approach to the upsloping runway, which resulted in a low approach path and impact with terrain. 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. 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