# Incident 20001012021389I: Amtr KITFOXIV, Ocala, FL, October 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2000, 12:52 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala Municipal-Jim Taylor Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1719° N, 82.2241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FLD (OCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1719&lon=-82.2241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123KF-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Groves Glen H KITFOX IV (registry code 05623SD, https://openairdocs.org/model/groves-glen-h-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXIV
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 65 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001012021389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BUNGEE CORD (SHOCK CORD) HOLDING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SNAPPED DURING LANDING CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. A/C FLIPPED ON ITS BACK. PROPELLER BLADES DAMAGED. NO INJURIES. MINOR DAMAGE TO A/C. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE BUNGEE CORD SHOULD BE CHANGED EVERY YEAR. THE BUILDER TOOK APPROX. SIX YEARS TO BUILD THE A/C. THE BUNGEE CORD IN USE WAS APPROX. SEVEN YEARS OLD.

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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