Zenith Zodiak 601 HDS accident near Sioux City, IA
On July 24, 2026, a Zenith Zodiak 601 HDS (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sioux City, IA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 24, 2026
- Place
- Sioux City, IA
- Aircraft
- Zenith Zodiak 601 HDS · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.513°N, 96.296°W
- NTSB ID
- 20260726203454
NTSB summary
On July 24, 2026, about 1422 central daylight time, a Zenith Zodiac 601HDS experimental airplane, N27601, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Sioux City, Iowa. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The multi-leg visual flight rules (VFR) cross country flight departed from the Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH), Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with a final destination in Colorado. At 1236 on the day of the accident, ADS-B data showed the airplane departed the Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH), Pocahontas, Iowa, on a southwesterly flight track. Upon reaching the vicinity of Holstein, Iowa, the airplane then flew west parallelling U.S. Highway 20 in the direction of Sioux City, Iowa. About 3 miles short of the U.S. Highway 20/75 intersection, the airplane began to track to the northwest, eventually turned north, and began climbing. After flying north, the airplane entered a right turn and descended until the last recorded data point which was located about a half mile southeast of the accident site. The airplane was found in about 6 to 8 feet of water in a man-made lake near the shoreline. The vegetation along the shoreline on the side of the accident site, as well as the bank opposite the accident site about 80 to100 feet away, was intact with no indication of having been struck by the accident airplane. The main wing spar remained intact along its length but from the main landing gear outward on both sides, the wing structure and wing skins showed aft crushing and had mostly separated
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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.
