# Incident 20011008028749I: Amtr KITFOXSERIE5, Hollister, CA, October 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Airport: Hollister Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8933° N, 121.4103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOLLISTER MUNI (CVH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8933&lon=-121.4103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N241SF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Palmer William KITFOX SERIES 5 (registry code 05602U0, https://openairdocs.org/model/palmer-william-kitfox-series-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXSERIE5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,053 total, 5 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011008028749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED: THIS AIRCRAFT IS NEW TO HIM AND IS A KIT BUILT THAT HE BOUGHT FROM THE BUILDER. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE INSTALLED IN IT. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT UPON LANDING A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND STARTED TO MOVE IT SIDEWAYS. THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED AND THE ENGINE RESPONSE WAS NOT WHAT HE WAS USED TO. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A LEFT TURN AND DROPPED ON THE LEFT LANDING GEAR. THE DROP WAS HARD ENOUGH FOR THE GEAR TO FOLD UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED AND HAS STARTED A REFRESHER FLIGHT TRAINING COURSE FROM A SCHOOL THAT TRAINS IN TAIL WHEELED AIRCRAFT.

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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