Johnson ZODIAC CH-601-HDS accident near Orange, TX
On April 5, 2000, a Johnson ZODIAC CH-601-HDS (airplane) was involved in an accident near Orange, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 5, 2000
- Place
- Orange, TX
- Aircraft
- Johnson ZODIAC CH-601-HDS · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.100°N, 93.749°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20809
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 5, 2000, at 1830 central daylight time, a Johnson Zodiac CH-601-HDS, single-engine experimental homebuilt airplane, N601GJ, impacted the terrain while maneuvering near Orange, Texas. The aircraft was owned and operated by a private individual under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The two private pilots received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight departed the Orange County Airport approximately 30 minutes prior to the accident. One witness, a commercial pilot and employee of the DuPont Plant at Orange, Texas, was on a tower approximately 100 feet agl and had sight of the airplane flying from the east. He reported observing the airplane flying toward the Orange County Airport at approximately 1,500 feet agl. The airplane make a left turn "to enter the traffic pattern for runway 22. As the plane got closer to downwind, it appeared to stall and began a spin. At approximately 400 feet agl, he (the pilot) almost got the plane recovered from the spin, then the plane went inverted then it went vertically into the ground." Another witness, reported that he "heard the engine stall and quit." A witness, traveling south in his vehicle, observed the airplane in a right turn and then saw it "spiral downward." Another witness, traveling south in his vehicle, observed the airplane about 200 feet agl "flying straight down towards the ground in a clockwise direction." One witness, outside her residence, heard an "airplane engine
Probable cause
the inadvertent stall while maneuvering. A contributing factor was the loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
