# Accident 20050110000049A: Amtr KITFOXSERIE6, Cleveland, OK, January 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2005, 16:50 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OK
- Airport: Cleveland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2836° N, 96.4633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2836&lon=-96.4633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N982KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N982KF-2008-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Scarberry Dennis / Myers Jeff KITFOX SERIES 6 (registry code 05615NG, https://openairdocs.org/model/scarberry-dennis-myers-jeff-kitfox-series-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXSERIE6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 302 total, 40 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050110000049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. WITNESSES STATED AIRCRAFT FLEW OVER THE RUNWAY (18) AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND PULLED UP STEEPLY AT THE END. WHILE CLIMBING STEEPLY, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A LEFT TURN AND THEN SPUN. WITNESS HEARD THE IMPACT AND WAS FIRST ON SCENE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 2/10THS OF A MILE BEYOND THE END OF RUNWAY 18. AIRCRAFT WAS LARGELY INTACT AND LANDED IN A FLAT ATTITUDE WITH NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACTUALLY TRAVELLING AFT AT A SLIGHT RATE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS WERE PRESENT AND NO PRE-CRASH DISCREPANCIES WERE DISCOVERED THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRASH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW05LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA053), Jan 10, 2005: Myers Kit Fox Series VI (N982KF), Cleveland, OK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control and sufficient airspeed while performing an abrupt pull-up manuever after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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