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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Kitfoxv · Caldwell, TX · June 11, 2004

Date: June 11, 2004 · 20:00 local
Place: Caldwell, TX
Airport: Caldwell Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N29WF
Reported as: Amtr Kitfoxv
Reported engine: Continental IO240B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 345 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N29WFRegistered now · Martin Charles A KITFOX MODEL VS/N V9908-0074 Airframe modelMartin Charles A KITFOX MODEL V Engine modelContinental IO-240-BReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Aborted take-off from an off-airport farm pasture causing damage to nose gear, propeller, and sudden stoppage damage to engine. The pilot, who said he was the only occupant, said the nose gear failed at approximately 25 miles per hour during an abort from an attempted takeoff from a grassy farm pasture. Several eyewitnesses said the aircraft hit a dip or terrace in the pasture and collapsed the nose gear. This happened approximately 2 hours after the pilot had successfully completed a no damage engine-out emergency landing to an adjacent field on the same farm. The pilot reported that he had no injuries from either the emergency landing occurrence or from the aborted take-off incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ABORTED TAKE-OFF FROM AN OFF-AIRPORT FARM PASTURE CAUSING DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE DAMAGE TO ENGINE. THE PILOT, WHO SAID HE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT, SAID THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR DURING AN ABORT FROM AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM A GRASSY FARM PASTURE. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES SAID THE AIRCRAFT HIT A DIP OR TERRACE IN THE PASTURE AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THIS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AFTER THE PILOT HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A NO DAMAGE ENGINE-OUT EMERGENCY LANDING TO AN ADJACENT FIELD ON THE SAME FARM. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD NO INJURIES FROM EITHER THE EMERGENCY LANDING OCCURRENCE OR FROM THE ABORTED TAKE-OFF INCIDENT.