# Incident 19970801036329I: Amtrdf KITFOX, Tyndall, SD, August 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1997, 20:00 local time
- Place: Tyndall, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9899° N, 97.8642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyndall, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9899&lon=-97.8642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N935SL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRDF KITFOX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 973 total, 135 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970801036329I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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