Oliver Joseph ZODIAC CH 601XL accident near Belmont, OH
On March 30, 2012, an Oliver Joseph ZODIAC CH 601XL (airplane) was involved in an accident near Belmont, OH. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 30, 2012
- Place
- Belmont, OH
- Aircraft
- Oliver Joseph ZODIAC CH 601XL · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.020°N, 81.040°W
- NTSB ID
- 20120402X82357
Official records · CEN12FA217
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 30, 2012, about 1840 eastern daylight time, a kit built Zodiac CH 601XL, N8060J, departed cruise flight and impacted a residential yard near Belmont, Ohio. The commercial rated pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was registered to the Wings of Hope (WOH), Chesterfield, Missouri, and operated by a private individual. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 cross country flight. The flight originated from the Mifflin County Airport, (KRVL) Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about 1700 EST and destined for the Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS), Chesterfield, Missouri, via unknown routing. The pilot had flown the airplane to Pennsylvania several months earlier for WOH, who had a buyer for the airplane. The purchase of the airplane was not completed and the airplane did not fly for about four months until arrangements with the pilot were made to return the airplane to Missouri. Witnesses reported that the airplane was in cruise flight. Some reported that the engine stopped, restart, and speeded up. The airplane’s attitude dipped slightly, leveled, then nosed over and came straight down. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held commercial pilot certificates for airplane single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and instrument-airplane ratings, as well as, commercial pilot ratings for gliders and rotorcraft-helicopter. He also held flight instructor ratings for single, multi-engine and instrument airplane, and mec
Probable cause
The loss of engine power and the pilot’s diverted attention to the engine power loss, which resulted in a rapid descent and impact with terrain.
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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.
