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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft Mfg & Development CH601XL · California, MO · March 22, 2026

Date
March 22, 2026 · 12:45 local
Place
California, MO
Airport
Phillips Field Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N601ZP
Reported as
Aircraft Mfg & Development CH601XL
Reported engine
Continental O-200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
202 total8 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.

The pilot reported a stable approach to runway 36 at MO23 at 70 knots while experiencing intermittent wind shifts from 250 to 360 degrees at approximately 5 knots. After touchdown, the Aircraft experienced a hard landing and bounced. The pilot applied power in an attempt to stabilize the Aircraft, but the nose landing gear collapsed, resulting in damage to the nose gear assembly, engine firewall, and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED A STABLE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 AT MO23 AT 70 KNOTS WHILE EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT WIND SHIFTS FROM 250 TO 360 DEGREES AT APPROXIMATELY 5 KNOTS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AND BOUNCED. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT, BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE FIREWALL, AND PROPELLER.