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BiltACesna(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

One injured in plane crash near  Farmersville

Brad Kellar & Daniel  Walker

Herald-Banner Staff

 FARMERSVILLE — The pilot of a single-engine  aircraft suffered broken bones and was hospitalized in Dallas after the plane  crashed Thursday morning near Farmersville.



Dennis Levy, 65, was said by  his son Joshua to have suffered two broken ankles and a broken pelvis as a  result of the accident and was transported to Baylor Hospital in  Dallas.



“He is not in critical condition or anything,” Joshua Levy said,  noting it could have been worse, as the Zodiac aircraft was believed to have  suffered the same problem — where the glass canopy above the pilot’s seat came  off during flight — once before.



The plane was reported to have crashed  in a field off of Collin County Road 698, near U.S. Highway 380 and just on the  Collin County side of the border with Hunt County.



Monique Matherne said  the plane flew over her home. “It flew low over our homes, took a left turn and  then came down,” Matherne said. “The pilot was still sitting in the plane when  the rescue crew got here and came running across the field.” 



Dennis Levy  was reported to have been doing a training flight with a student at the time of  the crash, although the student was believed to have been unhurt.



“I  don’t ev en think they took him to the hospital,” Joshua Levy, the owner of the  plane and LCI Solutions in Plano, told the Herald-Banner.



He said they  have been having repeated difficulties with the plane.



“We’ve had months  of problems,” Levy said, including one prior incident where the canopy had come  off of the plane, which resulted in the Levys contacting the  manufacturer.



“They told us to bring the plane down there,” Levy said. “  I assumed they did OK. I guess I was  wrong.”





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BiltACesna(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7208319&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1



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BiltACesna(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=451BB&cmndfind.x=11&cmndfind.y=16



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jonaburns

Joined: 23 May 2007
Posts: 32

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Not sure what to think about this one

WOW!



Jay Bannister was scheduled to go flying with him, and I was scheduled today, but did not due to weather...



The owners of this plane just started offering training in this 650XLi.



http://sportplanetraining.com



Jon Burns

601XL "mostly done"

Corvair - somewhere

jonaburns

Joined: 23 May 2007
Posts: 32

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:20 pm Post subject: Re: Not sure what to think about this one

I have 650 on the brain... of course, I mean 601XLi.



Jon Burns

Afterfxllc(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

Looks like AMD is taking some heat on this one. It is only 7 months  old.

  

  

 Jeff



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Gig Giacona

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1416
Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Not sure what to think about this one

When I saw the location and saw that the plane was being used for training I was concerned that this was the same one that Jay and I have been talking about. Damn, I was planing to get hours in that plane before first flight. I hope they were insured and replace it.

 	  jonaburns wrote: 	
		  WOW!



Jay Bannister was scheduled to go flying with him, and I was scheduled today, but did not due to weather...



The owners of this plane just started offering training in this 650XLi.



http://sportplanetraining.com



Jon Burns

601XL "mostly done"

Corvair - somewhere

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W.R. "Gig" Giacona
601XL Under Construction
See my progress at www.peoamerica.net/N601WR

Gig Giacona

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1416
Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: Not sure what to think about this one

Where are you hearing that? We don't even know what the cause what yet.



 	  Afterfxllc(at)aol.com wrote: 	
		  Looks like AMD is taking some heat on this one. It is only 7 months  old.

  

  

 Jeff

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jmaynard

Joined: 27 Feb 2008
Posts: 394
Location: Fairmont, MN (FRM)

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 04:24:27PM -0400, Afterfxllc(at)aol.com wrote:

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		   Looks like AMD is taking some heat on this one. It is only 7 months  old.


	


I saw N451BB at Sebring; it was the Zodiac AMD had sitting there to show

folks. Nice airplane. I'm sorry to see it in that shape, but happy that

nobody was killed.



I'm not sure the canopy came completely detached: you can see the Koger

sunshade still atttached, and it's *only* attached to the canopy (at least

by AMD). It'll be very interesting to hear just what happened - and hard for

me to avoid pestering the folks at AMD...

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Jay Maynard, K5ZC                   http://www.conmicro.com

http://jmaynard.livejournal.com      http://www.tronguy.net

Fairmont, MN (FRM)                        (Yes, that's me!)

AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC

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Jay Maynard, K5ZC
AMD Zodiac XLi N55ZC

planecrazydld(at)yahoo.co
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

Pretty good structure - looks like decent protection.



David L. Downey

  Harleysville (SE) PA, USA



  

--- On Fri, 8/15/08, BiltACesna(at)aol.com <BiltACesna(at)aol.com> wrote:

[quote]From: BiltACesna(at)aol.com <BiltACesna(at)aol.com>

Subject: Re: Not sure what to think about this one

To: zenith601-list(at)matronics.com

Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 4:06 PM



     http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7208319&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1



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Afterfxllc(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

If you read the first post they say they have had problems with it.

  

 Jeff



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planecrazydld(at)yahoo.co
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:41 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

how come the date of the certificate was only 8-11-08 on the FAA site? Did I misread it?



David L. Downey

  Harleysville (SE) PA, USA



  

--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Afterfxllc(at)aol.com <Afterfxllc(at)aol.com> wrote:

[quote]From: Afterfxllc(at)aol.com <Afterfxllc(at)aol.com>

Subject: Re: Re: Not sure what to think about this one

To: zenith601-list(at)matronics.com

Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 4:24 PM



     Looks like AMD is taking some heat on this one. It is only 7 months  old.

  

  

 Jeff



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jmaynard

Joined: 27 Feb 2008
Posts: 394
Location: Fairmont, MN (FRM)

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 01:41:16PM -0700, David Downey wrote:

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		   how come the date of the certificate was only 8-11-08 on the FAA site? Did

 I misread it?


	


It's probably the date that it was registered as being sold to the current

owner. I can personally say that I saw that airplane in January at Sebring.

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Jay Maynard, K5ZC                   http://www.conmicro.com

http://jmaynard.livejournal.com      http://www.tronguy.net

Fairmont, MN (FRM)                        (Yes, that's me!)

AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC

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larry(at)macsmachine.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

Jon,

If you look closely at the pictures, you see it's not a 650, but a 601XL.

The 650 has a two piece canopy and rollover protection which are not 

seen in the pics.



Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com

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jonaburns wrote:

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 WOW!



 Jay Bannister was scheduled to go flying with him, and I was scheduled today, but did not due to weather...



 The owners of this plane just started offering training in this 650XLi.



 http://sportplanetraining.com



 Jon Burns

 601XL "mostly done"

 Corvair - somewhere

floyd wilkes

Joined: 11 Jun 2007
Posts: 39
Location: spring branch, tx

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

Jay



Do you know if that plane had the new or old canopy catch system?



Floyd Wilkes

601 XL

17 hours into phase I



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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject: Not sure what to think about this one

All-

    It looks to me like the canopy frame is still attached. Total 

supposition on my part, but this may very well have been akin to an accident 

caused by a pilot getting rattled when his door came open.

                                                                Bill

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jonaburns

Joined: 23 May 2007
Posts: 32

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: Not sure what to think about this one

Please see Jay's thread concerning this incident on the Zenith-List thread titled "Crash."



Jon Burns

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