# Accident 20040519008999A: Amtr KITFOXSERIE6, Montrose, CO, May 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2004, 16:43 local time
- Place: Montrose, CO
- Airport: Montrose County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5098° N, 107.8942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTROSE RGNL (MTJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5098&lon=-107.8942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3079H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3079H-2005-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tolman Wilford J KITFOX SERIES 6 (registry code 05612Z7, https://openairdocs.org/model/tolman-wilford-j-kitfox-series-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXSERIE6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 80 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040519008999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/19/04, PILOT KEITH HOOKER WAS DEPARTING MONTROSE, CO COUNTY AIRPORT (MTJ) FOR PROVO, UT (PVU) IN HIS HOMEBUILT KITFOX 6 AIRCRAFT, N3079H. THERE WERE CROSSWINDS AT THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. MR. HOOKER STATED THAT A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO RISE AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 31 CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. NO INJURIES.

## 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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