19951121046769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrdf Kitfox · Ferndale, WA · November 21, 1995

Date: November 21, 1995 · 11:30 local
Place: Ferndale, WA
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N262DE
Reported as: Amtrdf Kitfox
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 90 total20 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N262DERegistered now · Emnott Darrell KITFOX 2S/N 523 Airframe modelEmnott Darrell KITFOX 2 Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

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.

Narrative: while landing in a field owned by Mr. Gavin gillespi, a friend of the pilot's, he came over a slight knoll and after touching down hit a small depression that was obscured by tall grass. This broke a support strut to the left main landing gear causing the aircraft to ground loop and break one blade on the three bladed prop. privacy data omitted The pilot had the property owners permission to land there. The pilot was the sole occupant and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE LANDING IN A FIELD OWNED BY MR. GAVIN GILLESPI, A FRIEND OF THE PILOT'S, HE CAME OVER A SLIGHT KNOLL AND AFTER TOUCHING DOWN HIT A SMALL DEPRESSION THAT WAS OBSCURED BY TALL GRASS. THIS BROKE A SUPPORT STRUT TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP AND BREAK ONE BLADE ON THE THREE BLADED PROP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT HAD THE PROPERTY OWNERS PERMISSION TO LAND THERE. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.