Zenith CH 750 N227L
23 December 2019 · Xenia, Ohio, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 December 2019 at about 20:04 local time, a Zenith CH 750 registered N227L was involved in an accident near Xenia, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:04
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Xenia, Ohio, United States
- Nearest airport
- Greene County-Lewis A Jackson (I19)
- Coordinates
- 39.6908, -83.9928
- Aircraft
- Zenith CH 750
- Registration
- N227L
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2019
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Flight Test
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Xenia → Xenia
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN20CA059
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing, which resulted in the right tire contacting the runway first followed by the left wing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that the flight was the first flight of the experimental, amateur-built airplane. He stated that he was lined up with the runway centerline for landing, that the airspeed was 60 mph, and that the tachometer was showing 1,600 rpm when he felt the right tire contact the runway. He said "in an instant the left wing came down and the left tire and axle [were] sheared off. The left wing impacted the runway and the plane skidded about 40 feet and came to a full stop." The pilot used a higher landing airspeed because he had been told by other builders of that airplane that he needed to land with speed "so as not [to] get near the stall speed as this aircraft does have leading edge slats and this equates to a high lift wing." Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the nose landing gear and the left wing strut sustained substantial damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Zenith CH-750 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 2020 | Zenith CH 750 | Montgomery City, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 2020 | Zenith CH 750 | Montrose, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 2018 | Zenith CH 750 | DeLeon Springs, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Oct 2016 | Zenith CH-750 | Morristown, Minnesota, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 2022 | Zenith CH 750 | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Oct 2022 | Zenith CH 750 | Libby, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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