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

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.  

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

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 |    

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

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 […]

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