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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr KITFOX41200 · Put In Bay, OH · August 25, 2005

Date
August 25, 2005 · 11:35 local
Place
Put In Bay, OH
Airport
Put In Bay Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N61KF
Reported as
Amtr KITFOX41200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,800 total10 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On August 25, 2005, the pilot privacy data omitted lost control of the aircraft just after takeoff and during initial climb. At approximately 100 to 200 feet AGL, the pilot stated that the left wing dropped and he could not regain full control of the aircraft prior to impact with the runway. It could not be determined if there was a right crosswind or tail wind at the time of departure. It is possible that the passenger might have unintentionally blocked the controls from full deflection. The airplane appeared to be near the gross weight limits and could have had marginal performance left for recovery of any adverse flight conditions.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 25, 2005, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF AND DURING INITIAL CLIMB. AT APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 200 FEET AGL, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND HE COULD NOT REGAIN FULL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF THERE WAS A RIGHT CROSSWIND OR TAIL WIND AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PASSENGER MIGHT HAVE UNINTENTIONALLY BLOCKED THE CONTROLS FROM FULL DEFLECTION. THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO BE NEAR THE GROSS WEIGHT LIMITS AND COULD HAVE HAD MARGINAL PERFORMANCE LEFT FOR RECOVERY OF ANY ADVERSE FLIGHT CONDITIONS.