Re: Aeronca 11AC Chief Project FS

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:19:42 GMT, "Vaughn Simon"
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> 
> "Jim Logajan" <JamesL@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I found it notable for the simple fact that it is the only CH-801
fatal
> > accident I could find in the NTSB database.
> 
>    Yes, but I recall that it is difficult to rely on the NTSB database
for 
> homebuilt model statistics because model designations for like aircraft
are not 
> reliably the same.  For example: somebody's CH-801 could be a "Smith 801
Rocket" 
> or whatever.

I looked in my 1998-2006 database and found five CH-801 accidents, of
which this
one was the only fatal.  The five planes were registered as:

Zenith 801
CH-801
STOL CH 801
Zenith CH801
CH801

"*801*" as a search team would have picked these up.  I ran "*801*"
against the
total FAA registration database (Jan 4 2008 edition) and got 53 hits. 
Only
three planes didn't have either "CH", "Zenair", or "Zenith" as part of
their
model name, and just one was obviously not a Zenith 801 (certification
date in
mid-80s).

Ron Wanttaja