# Incident 19970103001249I: Amtrdf KITFOX, Jefferson City, MO, January 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1997, 17:15 local time
- Place: Jefferson City, MO
- Airport: Jefferson City Memorial
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5912° N, 92.1561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEFFERSON CITY MEML (JEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5912&lon=-92.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19DG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRDF KITFOX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970103001249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. DON GENTRY IS THE BUILDER, OWNER AND PILOT OF N19DG, WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT IS AN AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT AND WAS ON ITS 15TH HOUR OF TEST FLIGHT, WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. MR. GENTRY OPERATING AIRCRAFT, WHEN HE TURNED ON LANDING LIGHT AND TAXI LIGHT PRIOR TO LANDING AT JEFFERSON CITY MEMORIAL AIRPORT. THE ENGINE OF THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED RUNNING. MR. GENTRY MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PERSONAL INJURIES. MR. GENTRY THEN REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE HIS ALTERNATE ELECTRONIC IGNITION SWITCH ON, HE RESET MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH POPPED DUE SHORT IN LIGHT SYSTEM, HE TURNED HIS ALTERNATE ELECTRONIC IGNITION SWITCH ON, STARTED AIRCRAFT AND FLEW TO AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. IF ALTERNATE ELECTRONIC IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN ON, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO ENGINE FAILURE. INCIDENT NUMBER CE97IGA0029. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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