# Accident 20000609011299A: Amtr KITFOX, Spruce Pine, NC, June 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2000, 12:11 local time
- Place: Spruce Pine, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9099° N, 82.0595° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9099&lon=-82.0595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N715DZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N715DZ-2000-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zoerb Daniel J KITFOX (registry code 05616YC, https://openairdocs.org/model/zoerb-daniel-j-kitfox) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000609011299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N715DZ DEPARTED AVERY COUNTY AIRPORT (7A8) FOR SHIFLET FIELD (9A9) MARION, NC. AFTER 15 MINUTES AND APPROX. 3 MILES FROM 7A8 THE NON CERTIFIED ROTAX ENGINE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT A/C STOPPED PRODUCING POWER AND A FORCED LANDING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN BECAME NECESSARY. AFTER WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A FULL STALL TYPE LANDING IN THE TREETOPS THE PLANE WAS MEMETARILY SUPPORTED BY BRANCHES. IT THEN FELL APPROX. 80 FEET AND CRASHED INTO THE FOREST FLOOR. INJURIES TO PILOT INCLUDE A BROKEN KNEE AND WRIST AND HE WAS HELI LIFTED TO HOSPITAL. THE KIT BUILT KITFOX AIRPLANE WAS LAST INSPECTED 1/1/97 AND WAS BEING FLOWN TO 9A9 FOR A REQUIRED YEARLY INSPECTION. THE A/C WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE FAR REQUIRED ELT AND THE IMMOBILZED PILOT WAS ABLE TO CALL 911 ON HIS CELL PHONE AND INITIATE HIS RESCUE.

## 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 ATL00LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA062), Jun 9, 2000: Daniel J. Zoerb Kitfox (N715DZ), Spruce Pine, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing conditions. A factor was the mountainous, unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing.

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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