# NTSB Accident CEN23LA128
> **ZENITH ZODIAC 601XL** · 2023-03-10 · La Veta, CO, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN23LA128
- **Event ID:** 20230310106865
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2023-03-10
- **Location:** La Veta, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.523824, -105.00926
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ZENITH ZODIAC
- **Model:** 601XL
- **Registration:** N969WD
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to fly the airplane in which he had no experience in strong, gusting wind, which resulted his failure to maintain proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.

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