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Aviation accident GAA20CA027
MINR · ZENITH ZENITH 601XLB · 2019-10-11 · Gastonia, NC, USA
Event
- NTSB number
GAA20CA027- Event ID
20191011X32326- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2019-10-11
- Location
- Gastonia, NC, USA
- Coordinates
- 35.201946, -81.150276
Injuries
- Highest injury
- MINR
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 1
- Uninjured
- 0
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- ZENITH
- Model
- ZENITH 601XLB
- Registration
- N235JH
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to latch the canopy before departure, which resulted in the canopy opening and the subsequent loss of airplane control.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown