# Accident 20050806019059A: Amtr KITFOX41200, Immokalee, FL, August 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2005
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4331° N, 81.4103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4331&lon=-81.4103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86FX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86FX-2013-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fox Alfred C KITFOX IV 1200 (registry code 05620NE, https://openairdocs.org/model/fox-alfred-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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806019059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ LANDED AT IMMOKALEE REGIONAL AIRPORT, IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA, ON THE GRASS, JUST SOUTH OF R/W 36. AS HE WAS TAXIING OFF THE GRASS STRIP, WHERE THERE WAS A DIP IN AN AREA WITH STANDING WATER. WHEN THE AIRPLANE TAXIED THROUGH THIS AREA, IT GOT BOGGED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ THOUGHT THAT HE WAS WELL, UNTIL THE DAY WORE ON. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND FOUND HE HAD TWO CRACKED VERTEBRA IN HIS NECK. THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY D^ PILOT CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS HELD UNDER 14 CFR PART 61.301(C)(2)(1) SPORT PILOT. VERIFICATION OF THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY D^ MEDICAL WAS CONFIRMED BY THE EAA. (-23 AMENDMENT) AN AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MADE AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ AND THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR RETURNED TO THE OFFICE.

## 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 MIA05LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA145), Aug 6, 2005: Fox Alfred C. Kitfox IV 1200 (N86FX), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to detect standing water on the grass strip resulting in a nose over during the landing roll.

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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