# Incident 20040723024569I: Amtr KITFOXCLASIV, Kissimmee, FL, July 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2004, 13:55 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60231, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60231-2009-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hightower Marc KITFOX CLASSIC IV (registry code 05605GX, https://openairdocs.org/model/hightower-marc-kitfox-classic-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXCLASIV
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 243 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040723024569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS EXPERIMENTAL KITFOX AIRPLANE HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS TAXIING TOWARDS THE FBO AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED (THE PILOT ESTIMATED 5 MPH). THE BUNGEE CHORD, WHICH SUPPORTED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, BROKE IN TWO PLACES. THIS ALLOWED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO PIVOT OUTWARD ON ITS SUPPORTING HINGES. A SAFETY CABLE OF ABOUT 1/8 INCH IN DIAMETER ALSO BROKE. THIS SAFETY CABLE IS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THE LANDING GEAR FROM COMPLETELY COLLAPSING IF THE BUNGEE SHOULD BREAK. THE MAIN LANDING GEARS ON THIS AIRCRAFT ARE SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER; EACH HAS ITS OWN BUNGEE AND SAFETY CABLE. VERY MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT THE REAR OF THE RIGHT WINGTIP FAIRING AND THE FRONT OF THE RIGHT WING SUPPORT STRUT.

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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