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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrdf Kitfox · Tyndall, SD · August 1, 1997

Date: August 1, 1997 · 20:00 local
Place: Tyndall, SD
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N935SL
Reported as: Amtrdf Kitfox
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 973 total135 in this make and model12 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.

Narrative: on August 1, 1997, at 2000 CDT, a Kitfox iii homebuilt aircraft owned and piloted by private pilot wayne e. schuurmans had an incident when landing at his private strip near Tyndall, SD. Cause of the incident was the l/h main gear axle breaking off at the gear on touchdown, which caused the aircraft to ground loop. The private pilot and one passenger received no injuries and the aircraft received minor damage. The aircraft was being operated by wayne e. schuurmans on a pleasure/sight-seeing flight under 14CFR part 91 when the incident occurred. The flight originated at wayne e. schuurmans private strip at 1930 CDT, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 1, 1997, AT 2000 CDT, A KITFOX III HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT OWNED AND PILOTED BY PRIVATE PILOT WAYNE E. SCHUURMANS HAD AN INCIDENT WHEN LANDING AT HIS PRIVATE STRIP NEAR TYNDALL, SD. CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS THE L/H MAIN GEAR AXLE BREAKING OFF AT THE GEAR ON TOUCHDOWN, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY WAYNE E. SCHUURMANS ON A PLEASURE/SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT UNDER 14CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WAYNE E. SCHUURMANS PRIVATE STRIP AT 1930 CDT, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.