# Accident 19961224040149A: Amtrdf KITFOX, Bar Harbor, ME, December 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1996, 10:15 local time
- Place: Bar Harbor, ME
- Airport: Hancock County-Bar Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4497° N, 68.3615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANCOCK COUNTY/BAR HARBOR (BHB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4497&lon=-68.3615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N922VR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N922VR-1997-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Richardson Van KITFOX IV (registry code 05626UF, https://openairdocs.org/model/richardson-van-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRDF KITFOX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,520 total, 65 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961224040149A

## Narrative

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

ERRATIC NOSE HIGH CLIMBOUT THEN STEEP TURN STALLED AND DIVED TO GROUND. HAD OVER PITCHED PROP. OVER GROSS.

## 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 NYC97LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA037), Dec 24, 1996: Richardson Kitfox 4 (N922VR), Trenton, ME, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering after takeoff, which resulted in a stall/spin and an uncontrolled descent into terrain. The airplane's excessive gross weight was…

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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