19951001030629A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrdf Kitfox · Battle Ground, WA · October 1, 1995

Date
October 1, 1995 · 14:50 local
Place
Battle Ground, WA
Airport
Goheen Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N488WR
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA96LA001
Reported as
Amtrdf Kitfox
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
228 total12 in the last 90 days

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.

Possibly over gross weight and nose high climbout resulted in wobbly mush into trees. Burned on impact.

As the FAA filed it

POSSIBLY OVER GROSS WEIGHT AND NOSE HIGH CLIMBOUT RESULTED IN WOBBLY MUSH INTO TREES. BURNED ON IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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