ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40571
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| Date: | Friday 1 September 2000 |
| Time: | 08:15 |
| Type: |  Zenair CH 600 Zodiac |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1156L |
| MSN: | 6-1552 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 42 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Carmel, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anderson, IN (AID) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident airplane was destroyed during an in-flight impact with a tower and with terrain. A witness said, 'I watched the plane fly from North to South over my house. The plane was very low about 250 - 300ft. The engine sounded good and the plane was flying level and not loosing altitude. It appeared under control.' Another witness said, 'Heard a plane low - sounded like an ultra light - watched it circle us saw it was a single engine - it was right over us - heading north and flew right into the radio tower - and tumbled down to the ground - the right wing/airplane parts hung in the tower [and] the plane crashed....' At 0755, the weather was: Wind 110 degrees at 5 knots; visibility 7 statute miles; sky condition few 15,000 feet; temperature 24 degrees C; dew point 21 degrees C; altimeter 30.03 inches of mercury. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector said, 'Due to the extensive damage to the forward structure, some cable attachments were broken, but it appeared that all controls were in operation at the time of the accident.'
Probable Cause: the pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the tower. A factor was the tower.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X21917&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 19:11 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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