# Incident 20031101035479I: Amtr KITFOX41200, Freetown, MA, November 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2003, 12:30 local time
- Place: Freetown, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7714° N, 71.0157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Freetown, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7714&lon=-71.0157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96BE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96BE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Englert Robert C KITFOX IV-1200 (registry code 0563061, https://openairdocs.org/model/englert-robert-c-kitfox-iv-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX41200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 45 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031101035479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOTIFIED BY THE NE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER THAT 96BE A KITFOX MODEL IV-1200 LANDED ON LONG POND FREETOWN, MA. AT 12:30 AND THEN SANK WHILE TAXIING TO THE BEACH. MA. STATE POLICE REPORT: PILOT NOTED THAT THE RIGHT FLOAT WAS LEAKING AFTER LANDING. PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE STEP TO TAXI. THIRTY YARDS FROM THE BEACH POWER WAS REDUCED SO AS NOT TO ENDANGER PEOPLE ON THE BEACH. THE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA^ STEPPED OUT ONTO THE FLOAT THAT WAS LEAKING AND THE A/C CAPSIZED AND SANK. IN MY TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT MR. DANIEL BARTEL HE MADE THE SAME STATEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SALVAGED BY THE BIG WHEEL TRUCK SALES INC., 42 QUANAPOAG RD., 706 ACUSHNET AVE. THE A/C WAS INSPECTED AT THAT LOCATION. VERY LITTLE IF ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED, HOWEVER THE FINISHING TAPE APPLIED TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF BOTH HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS WAS UNBONDED. THESE TAPES ARE ADJACENT TO THE ELEVATOR LEADING EDGES. IF THE TAPES ARE NOT PROPERLY RE BONCED THEY COULD SET UP BUFFETING OVER THE ELEVATORS. I DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER AREAS OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT APPEARED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

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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