# Accident 20240315005219A: Henry Donivan W ZODIAC 601-HDS, Rawlins, WY, March 15, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2024, 13:20 local time
- Place: Rawlins, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8100° N, 107.2000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8100&lon=-107.2000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43373, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43373) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Henry Donivan W ZODIAC 601-HDS (registry code 05622G3, https://openairdocs.org/model/henry-donivan-w-zodiac-601-hds) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-C1 (registry code 42027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HENRY DONIVAN W ZODIAC 601-HDS
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-235-C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240315005219A

## Narrative

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

PILOT INTENDED TO PERFORM TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING TO RWY 4 AT KRWL- RAWLINS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, RAWLINS, WYOMING.  ON DOWNWIND TO RWY 4, AT 45 DEGREES FROM INTENDED LANDING POINT, PILOT TURNED ONTO RIGHT BASE AND THROTTLED BACK TO 1700 RPM.  PILOT TURNED ONTO FINAL AND NOTED A 500 FT/MIN DESCENT AND AIRSPEED AT 75KTS, NOTICED PAPI WITH 3 WHITE AND ONE RED.  PILOT CONTINUED ON FINAL, NOTED THAT HE FELT LOW, NOTED 75 KTS AIRSPEED SO HE RAISED THE NOSE.  SHORTLY AFTER, PILOT FELT A STRIKE TO THE FUSELAGE, DUE TO STRIKING A POWER LINE PERPENDICULAR AND APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND THEN THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN CAUGHT IN THE MUD AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO IT'S TOP.

## 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 WPR24LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA115), Mar 15, 2024: Zenith Zodiac CH601 (N43373), Rawlins, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to see and avoid powerlines during an unstabilized approach, which resulted the airplane landing short of the runway and coming to rest inverted.

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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