20200916013109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Garrett Christopher R & Dobbs STOL CH 750 ZENITH · Montgomery City, MO · September 16, 2020

Date
September 16, 2020 · 13:00 local
Place
Montgomery City, MO
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4744M
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN20LA397
Reported as
Garrett Christopher R & Dobbs Stol CH 750 Zenith
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
836 total69 in this make and model8 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.

Engine stopped making power. The aircraft landed in a bean field. Once the nose wheel made contact with the ground, the aircraft flipped upside down (nosed over). The tail section, fuselage, wings, prop and cowling received substantial damage due to the aircraft flipping over.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED MAKING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD. ONCE THE NOSE WHEEL MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN (NOSED OVER). THE TAIL SECTION, FUSELAGE, WINGS, PROP AND COWLING RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER.

NTSB investigation

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