# NTSB WPR25LA276: Schieber Cedric H CH801, N801CS, Jackpot, NV, September 11, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 11, 2025, 09:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place: Jackpot, NV · Jackpot Airport/Hayden Field
- Coordinates: 41.975831, -114.65801
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9758&lon=-114.6580&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200986
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA276
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200986/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA276

## Preliminary report

On September 11, 2025, about 0905 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Zenith CH801, N801CS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Jackpot, Navada. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that the airplane had just been purchased, and the planned itinerary was to depart Grants Pass Airport (3S8), Grants Pass, Oregon, to their final destination of Wichita, Kansas with multiple fuel stops. After conducting a planned rest stop at Jackpot Airport/Hayden Field (06U), Jackpot, Nevada, he conducted a preflight inspection of the airplane, which included verifying fuel levels with the use of a dip stick. The pilot taxied to runway 33, where he performed an uneventful engine runup. During takeoff on runway 33, the engine initially developed full power of 4,500 rpm. When the airplane was approximately two miles northwest of 06U, the engine rpm decayed to about 3,700 rpm. Subsequently, the airplane could not maintain altitude over rising terrain and the pilot initiated a forced landing to an open field with sparse vegetation. During the landing roll, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing impacted the surface, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The airplane has been secured for examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Schieber Cedric H CH801, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05629NI), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N801CS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N801CS), registered now, S/N 8-4037, built 2010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHIEBER CEDRIC H CH801
- Registry model: [Schieber Cedric H CH801](https://openairdocs.org/model/schieber-cedric-h-ch801) (registry code 05629NI) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Subaru ALL MDLS A/B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (registry code 59050, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 8-4037
- Year built: 2010
- Airframe hours: 11
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, September 4, 2025, 11 hours before
- Departed: 06U, Jackpot, NV
- Destination: TWF, Twin Falls, ID
- Airport: 06U, Jackpot/Hayden Fld, runway 15/33, 6,180 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: KTWF, 31 nm away
- METAR: KTWF 111453Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 14/04 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP125 T01440039 53013

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250911013509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250911013509A), Sep 11, 2025: Schieber Cedric H CH801, Elko, NV, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed jackpot NV and during the climb out started to lose power and was unable to make it back to the runway. Upon landing the LH main blew sending…

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.

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