2008 – N500K – James Marshall – Cozy IV – Midlothian, TX – 1

Controlled flight into a rock quarry. The experimental airplane flew through a 100 foot deep rock quarry at high speed at an estimated altitude of 20 to 30 feet above ground level. One witness said he waved at the airplane as it flew directly toward him then banked away from his bulldozer and pitched up […]

2008 – N14GG – Gerald P. Garrett – Cozy IV – Jekyll Island, GA – 1

Jet Cozy, controlled crash into ocean, unexplained. A witness saw the amateur-built airplane flying parallel to a beach and thought that the engine sounded unusual. He did not observe anything else abnormal about the flight. Examination of the airplane revealed that it had impacted the water in a landing attitude, with the wings level. The […]

2006 – ZU-BNH – Rego Burger – Cozy MK-IV – South Africa – 0

Rego shared an accident report that you can read here, but basically he flew into a grass airstrip from which he was not able to depart. You can also read some tips for flying a canard aircraft out of a grass airfield here. He went on to die in this accident.

2006 – N83MZ – Marc Zeitlin – Cozy MK-IV – Desert Center, CA – 0

Marc shared an accident report regarding his loss-of-prop incident over California. He lost his 3-blade Catto prop, spinner, crush plate and all, and experienced copilot wing and lower winglet damage. (pictures removed at Marc’s insistence). | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News1 |

2006 – ZU-DAR – Jannie Versfeld – Cozy – Port Alfred, South Africa – 0

Jannie Versfeld just posted to Marc’s list about his crash after installing wheel pants on his plane. To this point, he had no problems flying and landing his Cozy, and the wheel pants had fit properly on the ground, with adequate (1/2″) clearance around the tires. On a bumpy touchdown, the left wheel spun up […]