# Accident 19990504046439A: Hewitt R O/Hewitt D O KITFOX IV-1200, Kannapolis, NC, May 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1999, 18:39 local time
- Place: Kannapolis, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5009° N, 80.6703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5009&lon=-80.6703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N314PG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N314PG-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hewitt R O/Hewitt D O KITFOX IV-1200 (registry code 0563023, https://openairdocs.org/model/hewitt-r-o-hewitt-d-o-kitfox-iv-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990504046439A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT WAS FLYING N314PG APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET ABOVE THE WATER ON LAKE KANNAPOLIS, HEADED NORTH TOWARDS THE BRIDGE CROSSING THE LAKE. WITNESSES HEARD AN INCREASE IN ENGINE POWER AND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP CLIMB.  THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED SOME TREES IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE STALLED, AND SPUN TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT COLLODED WITH TERRIAN.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA99LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA149), May 4, 1999: R.O. and D.O Hewitt Kitfox IV-1200 (N314PG), Kannapolis, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain airspeed and the inadvertent stall resulting in the uncontrolled descent with terrain. A factor in the accident was the impairment of the pilot by…

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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