# Accident 20010126004589A: Amtr KITFOX, Cedar Park, TX, January 26, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2001, 17:15 local time
- Place: Cedar Park, TX
- Airport: Breakaway Park Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5102° N, 97.8186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Park, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5102&lon=-97.8186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704KF-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Neely B D KITFOX IV (registry code 05623DY, https://openairdocs.org/model/neely-b-d-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010126004589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE A/C BEGAN TURNING TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND THE A/C SUDDENLY FLIPPED OVER THE NOSE COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS VFR WITH CALM WINDS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST RETURNED HOME FROM WORK AND WAS WEARING HEAVY CONSTRUCTION BOOTS. HE BELIEVES THAT THE BOOTS MAY HAVE INTERFERED WITH HIS ABILITY TO OPERATE THE RUDDER/BRAKE PEDALS. THE KITFOX RUDDER PEDALS ARE SMALL AND THE FLOOR SPACE IS CONFINED. (.19) ON JANUARY 27, 2001, AT 1715 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A NEELY BD, KITFOX 4 HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE, N704KF, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A NOSE OVER WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT BREAKAWAY PARK AIRPORT, CEDAR PARK, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BREAKAWAY PARK AIRPORT ABOUT 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE REPORTED THAT, ON THE FINAL LAND  ING HE "BRAKED HARD" AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER DURING ROLLOUT. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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