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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrdf Kitfox · Homestead, FL · February 14, 1998

Date
February 14, 1998 · 16:40 local
Place
Homestead, FL
Airport
Homestead General Aviation Arp
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9272V
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL98LA044
Reported as
Amtrdf Kitfox
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total30 in this make and model33 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: pilot lost control of aircraft hard landing and hit tree. Pilot has received remedial tail dragger training since incident. Incident not maintenance related. (-23) pilot received additional training in a taildragger type aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT HARD LANDING AND HIT TREE. PILOT HAS RECEIVED REMEDIAL TAIL DRAGGER TRAINING SINCE INCIDENT. INCIDENT NOT MAINTENANCE RELATED. (-23) PILOT RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN A TAILDRAGGER TYPE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.