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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Kitfoxi · Farmland, IN · July 29, 1998

Date: July 29, 1998 · 15:50 local
Place: Farmland, IN
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N555KF
Reported as: Amtr Kitfoxi
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N555KFRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Luchtenburg Miles C KITFOX 1S/N 5 · Built 1995 Airframe modelLuchtenburg Miles C KITFOX 1 Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

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.

(-23) Kitfox, N555KF landed in a wheatfield owned by privacy data omitted the pilot attempted to takeoff with a passenger when the aircraft settled back to the ground and rolled into a drainage draw in the field and flipped over. There were no injuries. One blade of the three-bladed propeller was broken off. Ref #31 - the pilot was uncertificated. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) KITFOX, N555KF LANDED IN A WHEATFIELD OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF WITH A PASSENGER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND AND ROLLED INTO A DRAINAGE DRAW IN THE FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ONE BLADE OF THE THREE-BLADED PROPELLER WAS BROKEN OFF. REF #31 - THE PILOT WAS UNCERTIFICATED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^