# Accident 19930908033559A: Amtrdf KITFOX, Bowdoinham, ME, September 8, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1993, 14:00 local time
- Place: Bowdoinham, ME
- Airport: Merrymeeting Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9923° N, 69.8701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9923&lon=-69.8701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N193CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N193CW-2017-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson Robert KITFOX IV (registry code 05623RH, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-robert-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRDF KITFOX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 3 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930908033559A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. REVERSED COURSE FOR RUNWAY 32 BUT LANDED IN TREE TOPS. BELEIVE IGNITION DOUBLE COIL SHORTED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO93LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA166), Sep 8, 1993: Wilson KIT FOX Model 4 (N193CW), Bowdoinham, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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