# Accident 20030303003019A: Amtr KITFOXIV, Phoenix, AZ, March 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2003, 13:50 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5272° N, 112.2953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5272&lon=-112.2953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95FT-2004-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Towner Melvin Dwain KITFOX 4 (registry code 05628QT, https://openairdocs.org/model/towner-melvin-dwain-kitfox-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXIV
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 761 total, 5 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030303003019A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MARCH 3, 2003, ABOUT 1400 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A HOMEBUILT TOWNER KIT FOX 4, N95FT, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT GLENDALE, ARIZONA, AFTER LOSING ITS PROPELLER DURING FLIGHT. THE LOCAL AREA INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 BY THE PILOT/OWNER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED GLENDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ABOUT 1310. A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERGEANT INTERVIEWED THE PILOT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED ABOUT 50 MINUTES EARLIER. DURING THE FLIGHT THE PROPELLER CAME OFF OF THE AIRPLANE. THE CFI MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. (-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE WOOD LAMINATED PROPELLER CAME APART. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND ACCOMPLISHED AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A DIRT BERM AND FLIPPED OVER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE RIGHT SEAT OCCUPANT SUFFERED A MINOR HEAD WOUND AND THE PIC WAS UNINJURED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THREE INCHES                               AND THE TRAILING EDGE OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS MISSING. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. THE BLADE WAS ALSO BROKEN AT THE BASE NEAR THE HUB.

## 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 LAX03LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA104), Mar 3, 2003: Towner Kit Fox 4 (N95FT), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the propeller's separation in-flight as a result of a bird strike.

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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