# Incident 20020929028419I: Amtr KITFOXIV, Deland, FL, September 29, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2002, 09:26 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0669° N, 81.2839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0669&lon=-81.2839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1441Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1441Z-2005-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Levee Ronald KITFOX 4 (registry code 05620FG, https://openairdocs.org/model/levee-ronald-kitfox-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXIV
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020929028419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RONALD FRANK LEVEE, THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF KIT FOX, N1441Z, STATES THAT HE DEPARTED DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DELAND, FLORIDA AT APPROXIMATELY 08:40 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2002, FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL AREA. HE RETURNED TO DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 09:20 EDT FOR A FULL STOP LANDING. MR. LEVEE STATES THAT AS HE ENTERED THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 39, HE NOTICED A CESSNA 172 PREPARING FOR TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 30. MR. LEVEE STATES THAT AS HE TURNED FINAL FOR RUNWAY 30, HE OBSERVED THAT THE CESSNA 172 HAD TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 30, BUT HAD NOT BEGUN IT'S TAKEOFF ROLL, MR. LEVEE INDICATES THAT JUST AS HE WAS PREPARING TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND BECAUSE OF THE CESSNA 172 STILL ON THE RUNWAY, THE CESSNA 172 BEGAN IT'S TAKE OFF ROLL. MR. LEVEE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING, AND STATES THAT JUST AS HE BEGAN TO TOUCH DOWN, THE LEFT WING ROLLED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. EVIDENCE AT THE CRASH SITE INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT THEN GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT AND SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND, AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND LODGED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND THE WOODEN PROPELLER DISINTEGRATED AS IT STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 030 DEGREES, ABOUT 75 FEET FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30. MR. LEVEE WAS NOT INJURED, AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGE DESCRIBED ABOVE, THE REAR OF THE FUSELAGE WAS TWISTED, AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THE COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY. IN REVIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACCIDENT, MR. LEVEE STATES THAT HE SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED WITH HIS INITIAL DECISION TO GO AROUND RATHER THAN SUBJECT HIS LIGHTWEIGHT, EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE TO PROP BLAST AND POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT THAT WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HIS AIRCRAFT DURING TOUCHDOWN.

## 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 MIA02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA172), Sep 29, 2002: Ronald Levee Kitfox IV (N1441Z), De Land, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the flare/touchdown resulting in substantial damage. A factor in the accident was the poor in-flight planning decision…

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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