# Incident 19990120008589I: Amtrdf KITFOX, Denver, CO, January 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1999, 13:55 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32HC-2013-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cammack Howard D KITFOX (registry code 05616TN, https://openairdocs.org/model/cammack-howard-d-kitfox) (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: 600 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990120008589I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING RUNWAY 28 A GUST OF WIND WAS ENCOUNTERED WITH EVENTUAL LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND DEPARTED THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE WIND DIRECTION WAS 110 AND THE SPEED WAS ESTIMATED DUE TO INOP MEASURING EQUIPMENT. THE PILOT STATED NOT HAVING TO HOLD A CRAB ON FINAL AND ESTIMATED THE WINDS WERE ABOUT FIVE TO SIX KNOTS OUT OF THE SOUTH WITH NO APPRECIABLE GUST FACTOR. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT RUNWAY 28 WAS A NORMAL RUNWAY FOR HIM TO USE WHEN THE WINDS ARE LIGHT DUE TO THE SLOW APPROACH SPEED OF HIS AIRCRAFT SO HE WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH FASTER TRAFFIC. PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON BEING MORE AWARE OF WIND SPEED AND VELOCITY AND ITS EFFECTS ON TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT.

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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