Probable cause
A loss of airplane control for undetermined reasons.
NTSB analysis
Law enforcement personnel reported that the owner/pilot reported that his airplane had been stolen. The night before, the pilot landed and parked his airplane at the airport’s transient parking area. The following morning, he noticed that his airplane had been moved and subsequently found it near runway 8, at taxiway A. The airplane was positioned nose down with the nose gear collapsed and the left wing substantially damaged consistent with a loss of airplane control. Law enforcement investigation subsequently led to the arrest of the individual who was involved in the unauthorized movement of the airplane.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR21LA366 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Sep 24, 2021
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Bishop, California
- Nearest airport
- Bishop (BIH)
- Highest injury
- None
Amateur-built ZENITH STOL CH 701
- N-number
- N701SA
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2010
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- UNK
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