Martin Curtis ZENAIR CH701 SP N157SB

Summary

On 10 October 2010 at about 19:15 local time, a Martin Curtis ZENAIR CH701 SP registered N157SB was involved in an accident near Lonsdale, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 October 2010 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lonsdale, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Private (PVT)

Coordinates

44.4500, -93.4167

Aircraft

Martin Curtis ZENAIR CH701 SP

Registration

N157SB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lonsdale → Lonsdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11CA010

2 people had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a power line while on approach to land.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he departed from his private airstrip with a passenger for a local flight. Upon returning for landing, his neighbor was operating a combine harvester in a soybean field near the runway threshold. The pilot extended his traffic pattern to allow time for the machine to move out of the runway approach path. However, upon turning back toward the runway, the machine had not moved as far as he had expected. The pilot stated that at that point the airplane struck a power line. It subsequently came to rest upside down and was destroyed during the accident sequence. The pilot stated that there were no failures or malfunctions associated with the airplane prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.