# Incident 19971120038209I: Amtrdf KITFOX, Hanover, PA, November 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1997, 11:40 local time
- Place: Hanover, PA
- Airport: Hanover Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7926° N, 77.0247° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Hanover Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7926&lon=-77.0247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: ALT David John SR KITFOX III (registry code 05603WO, https://openairdocs.org/model/alt-david-john-sr-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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,467 total, 1 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971120038209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 20, 1997, AT 1140 HOURS, A KITFOX, REGISTRATION NUMBER N123DJ, REGISTERED TO MR. DAVID ALT, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE HANOVER AIRPORT (6W6) HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA WHILE ON THE VERY FIRST FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, MR. ROBERT SIMPSON, STATED THAT THERE WAS A STIFFNESS IN THE CONTROLS, AND THAT HE HAD TO HOLD RIGHT AILERON TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE HANOVER AIRPORT LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES BEFORE. THE PILOT WAS ANXIOUS TO GET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND DUE TO THE FEEL OF THE CONTROLS. A HARD LANDING WAS MADE RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED 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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