Sandell Zenith CH 200 accident near Canon City, CO
On April 8, 2001, a Sandell Zenith CH 200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Canon City, CO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 8, 2001
- Place
- Canon City, CO
- Aircraft
- Sandell Zenith CH 200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.441°N, 105.110°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010410X00728
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 8, 2001, approximately 1410 mountain daylight time, a Sandell Zenith CH 200, N49DE, was destroyed when it impacted terrain southeast of runway 29 at Fremont County Airport, Canon City, Colorado. The commercial pilot and student pilot/passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Canon City approximately 1400. The investigation revealed the student pilot/passenger had recently traded the airplane. The new owner had contracted with the commercial pilot to ferry the airplane back to Clarksville, Tennessee. The purpose of this flight was for the commercial pilot to familiarize himself with the airplane. There were several witnesses to the accident. One witness observed the two pilots draining fuel from the fuel tank, and replacing it with 24.7 gallons of fresh 100LL fuel. He said the commercial pilot was seated in the left seat and the student pilot/passenger was seated in the right seat. He said the two pilots taxied to the end of runway 29 and made a high speed taxi down the runway. They then taxied back to the end of the runway and took off. He said the airplane accelerated slowly, then lifted off about halfway down the 5,400-foot runway. The airplane "appeared to pitch up, then the nose lowered to slightly above level attitude...[and climbed] at a very low climb angle." His attention was then diverted. When he next saw the airplane, it was on the downwind leg for runway 29 approximately 200 fe
Probable cause
the pilot in command inadvertently allowing the airplane to stall/spin. Contributing factors were the pilot's total lack of experience in airplane make/model, and high wind conditions.
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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.
