# Incident 19970813034319I: Amtrdf KITFOX, Minneapolis, MN, August 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1449° N, 93.2102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANOKA COUNTY/BLAINE (JANES FLD) (ANE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1449&lon=-93.2102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N223DL-2025-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Laurence Donald F KITFOX III (registry code 05601C3, https://openairdocs.org/model/laurence-donald-f-kitfox-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRDF KITFOX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 45 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970813034319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT ON APPROACH TO ANOKA, MN AIRPORT. TRIED RESTARTING WITH NO EFFECT. MADE DEADSTICK LANDING IN OPEN FIELD NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. BY THE TIME INSPECTORS ARRIVED, PILOT HAD MOVED AIRCRAFT AND PULLED FUEL BOWLS. 10 GAL. OF 100 OCT. L.L. WERE ON THE AIRCRAFT, BUT RIGHT WING FUEL TANK CAP WAS MISSING. SUSPECT NEGATIVE PRESSURE ON OPEN FUEL FILLER CAUSED FUEL STARVATION TO ENGINE. ENGINE STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY ON GROUND. AIRMAN DID NOT PROPERLY SECURE FUEL FILLER CAP WHICH IS ALSO A FUEL TANK VENT, IMPROPER ORIENTATION CAUSED FUEL TO SIPHON FROM THE TANK, AIRMAN COUNSELED. NO DAMAGE.

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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