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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrdf Kitfox · Boones Mills, VA · March 30, 1997

Date
March 30, 1997 · 13:30 local
Place
Boones Mills, VA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N955F
Reported as
Amtrdf Kitfox
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
140 total50 in this make and model

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: the pilot attempted to land on his brother's grass strip (700'). He landed about 400' down the grass and was unable to come to a complete stop before sliding into some brush.. The damage to the aircraft was to both wing tips and outboard leading edge of the wing. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON HIS BROTHER'S GRASS STRIP (700'). HE LANDED ABOUT 400' DOWN THE GRASS AND WAS UNABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE SLIDING INTO SOME BRUSH.. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO BOTH WING TIPS AND OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE WING. INCIDENT CLOSED.