# Incident 19990908039449I: Amtr KITFOXII, Ft Myers, FL, September 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1999, 08:27 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51870, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51870) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gregory James A KITFOX III (registry code 05620HP, https://openairdocs.org/model/gregory-james-a-kitfox-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXII
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 33 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990908039449I

## Narrative

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

(.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.

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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