20221028020429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Richard H Coles ZENITH 750 CRUZER · Southington, OH · October 28, 2022

Date
October 28, 2022 · 12:43 local
Place
Southington, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N820RC
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA23FA046
Reported as
Richard H Coles Zenith 750 Cruzer
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,103 total

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 October 28, 2022, at 1243 eastern daylight time, an experimental homebuilt zenith 750, privacy data omitted, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Southington, Ohio. The sport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a title 14 code of federal regulations part 91 personal flight

The airplane came to rest in a residential yard about 1,125 ft from the approach end of runway 22 at warren airport (62D), Southington, Ohio. All major components of the airplane were located in the vicinity of the main wreckage

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 28, 2022, AT 1243 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT ZENITH 750, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR SOUTHINGTON, OHIO. THE SPORT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT

THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A RESIDENTIAL YARD ABOUT 1,125 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 22 AT WARREN AIRPORT (62D), SOUTHINGTON, OHIO. ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE

NTSB investigation

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