Zall Jihlavan Airplanes S R O JA-600 SKYLEADER N789RC

Summary

On 12 December 2024 at about 21:15 local time, a Zall Jihlavan Airplanes S R O JA-600 SKYLEADER registered N789RC was involved in an accident near Reedley, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

12 December 2024 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Reedley, California, United States

Nearest airport

Reedley Municipal Airport (O32)

Coordinates

36.6710, -119.4510

Aircraft

Zall Jihlavan Airplanes S R O JA-600 SKYLEADER

Registration

N789RC

Category

Airplane

Year built

2023

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reedly → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR25LA060

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On December 12, 2024, about 1315 Pacific standard time, a Zall Jihlavan Airplanes S R JA-600, N789RC, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Reedley, California. The student pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to the student pilot, he was conducting his first solo flight and had completed two uneventful take offs and two landings on runway 16. During the third landing’s rollout, he heard a loud thumping noise near the nose landing gear and felt that he had lost control of the airplane as it started to “skid left and right.” As he attempted to regain control of the airplane, he reached forward to retract the flaps, unintentionally bumped the throttle control, and increased the engine power setting. After he decreased the power setting, the airplane veered left, exited the runway, impacted a runway sign, and came to came to rest upright in a grassy area. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the lower fuselage was substantially damaged and the nose wheel landing gear was collapsed. The wreckage was retained for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.