19990908039449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Kitfoxii · Ft Myers, FL · September 8, 1999

Date
September 8, 1999 · 08:27 local
Place
Ft Myers, FL
Airport
Page Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51870
Reported as
Amtr Kitfoxii
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total33 in this make and model

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) On September 8, 199, at 0827 EDT, an experimental amateur built Kitfoxii, N51870, owned and operated by bruce stanley, ground looped on landing at Page Field, fort Myers, Florida, while on a training flight. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the commerical pilot and his passenger were not injuried. The flight originated at fort Myers, Florida on September 8, 1999, at 0815 hours. Ground directional control was lost due to the tail wheel springs becoming disconnected as a result of a tail wheeel shimmy on touch down.

As the FAA filed it

(.23) ON SEPTEMBER 8, 199, AT 0827 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT KITFOXII, N51870, OWNED AND OPERATED BY BRUCE STANLEY, GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING AT PAGE FIELD, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERICAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURIED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT MYERS, FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1999, AT 0815 HOURS. GROUND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST DUE TO THE TAIL WHEEL SPRINGS BECOMING DISCONNECTED AS A RESULT OF A TAIL WHEEEL SHIMMY ON TOUCH DOWN.