# Accident 20030531013769A: Amtr KITFOXV, Jerome, AZ, May 31, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2003, 07:20 local time
- Place: Jerome, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7471° N, 112.1075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jerome, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7471&lon=-112.1075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42EK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42EK-2003-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gray Jerry KITFOX 5 (registry code 056105K, https://openairdocs.org/model/gray-jerry-kitfox-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXV
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030531013769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 31, 2003 APPROXIMATELY 0720, MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A GRAY/KITFOX, N111BM, OWNED AND OPERATED BY A MR. WILLIAM MOSLEY, LOST CONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING IN THE VICINITY OF JEROME, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND FIRE. BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT, AT COTTONWOOD, ARIZONA UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. AN OFF-DUTY FIREFIGHTER STATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING BELOW A RIDGELINE, WHEN THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE WENT STRAIGHT IN FROM 200-300 FEET. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HEARD THE ENGINE SPUTTER AND QUIT. INVESTIGATION INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT BURNED WITH INTENSE HEAT INDICATING FUEL WAS ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT MELTED MUCH OF THE STRUCTURE HOWEVER ALL INDICATIONS WERE THAT THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE OPERATIONAL. THERE WAS INDICATION FUEL WAS IN THE CARBURETOR DUE TO THE FACT THE FLOAT HAD MELTED. THE ENGINE HAD CONTINUITY WITH COMPRESSION ON ALL CYLINDERS, AND MAGNETO ROTATION. THE SPARK PLUGS INDICATED NORMAL FIRING. ALL INTERACTION WAS DESTROYED. AIRWORTHINESS WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS COULD NOT BE LOCATED NOR THE PILOT LOG BOOK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE N NUMBER OF N111BM. HOWEVER THAT N NUMBER WAS NOT AUTHORIZED UNTIL JUNE 10, 2003, TEN DAYS AFER THE ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED TO REFLECT THE NEW N NUMBER. NEW OPERATION LIMITATIONS HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED TO THE OWNER FOR THE AREA OF OPERATION.

## 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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