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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrdf Kitfox · Valdez, AK · February 12, 1992

Date
February 12, 1992 · 14:15 local
Place
Valdez, AK
Airport
Valdez Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5154U
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC92LA036
Reported as
Amtrdf Kitfox
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
51 total4 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Locked up brakes on ice patch on landing. As wheel hit dry spot homebuilt nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

LOCKED UP BRAKES ON ICE PATCH ON LANDING. AS WHEEL HIT DRY SPOT HOMEBUILT NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.