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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ham Joseph F ZENITH 601XLB · Gastonia, NC · October 11, 2019

Date
October 11, 2019 · 12:15 local
Place
Gastonia, NC
Airport
Gastonia Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N235JH
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA20CA027
Reported as
Ham Joseph F Zenith 601XLB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
843 total843 in this make and model5 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.

privacy data omitted Reported that he was performing touch and go maneuvers. On his third touch and go the canopy came open on climb out shortly after leaving the runway, causing loss of airspeed and the hard landing .

privacy data omitted Has since surrendered his private pilot certificate and his experimental aircraft builder repairman certificate

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As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS. ON HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO THE CANOPY CAME OPEN ON CLIMB OUT SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY, CAUSING LOSS OF AIRSPEED AND THE HARD LANDING .

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS SINCE SURRENDERED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND HIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT BUILDER REPAIRMAN CERTIFICATE

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NTSB investigation

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