Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 601XL S N2601

Summary

On 20 June 2009 at about 19:00 local time, a Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 601XL S registered N2601, operated by John M Nassour, was involved in an accident near Vaughn, Mississippi, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 June 2009 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Vaughn, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip (NONE)

Coordinates

32.7503, -90.0881

Aircraft

Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 601XL S

Registration

N2601

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John M Nassour

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Vaughn → Vicksburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA359

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

An airline transport pilot was departing a private grass field in a special light sport airplane with a passenger onboard. With calm wind, the airplane began a takeoff roll to the west on an approximately 1000-foot-long turf runway. The pilot said that during the takeoff roll the airplane encountered a dip/bump in the runway, which reduced groundspeed and extended the ground roll. The airplane became airborne near the end of the runway, where it started to lose lift and struck an unseen wire with the right main landing gear. The wire was a solar/electrical wire, at a height of approximately 1 to 2 feet, which ran along an adjacent soybean patch. The airplane's nose then pitched down and the airplane came to rest at the bottom of a 5-foot embankment. The pilot reported that due to the density altitude and the weight of the airplane, he could not gain sufficient airspeed during the takeoff to climb. The pilot added that had the unseen wire not "snagged" the landing gear, the airplane would have been able to continue accelerating and climbing. The airplane received damage to the propeller, left leading edge of the left wing, the landing gear, and the fuselage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical deficiencies or mechanical problems with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.