# Accident 20051224031689A: Amtr KITFOX, Erie, CO, December 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2005, 09:26 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0403° N, 105.0383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0403&lon=-105.0383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94VC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94VC-2013-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Syracuse Vic/Syracuse Carol KITFOX SPEEDSTER (registry code 05624SK, https://openairdocs.org/model/syracuse-vic-syracuse-carol-kitfox-speedster) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 708 total, 62 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051224031689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LEFT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT (BJC) AND LANDED AT ERIE AIRPARK (48V) AND PICKED UP A PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ERIE AIRPARK FOR MANEUVERS AROUND 0900. IT DEPARTED ERIE AIRPARK WITH AN UNKNOWN PERSON ON BOARD (MAYBE THE BROTHER OF THE DECEASED PASSENGER). IT RETURNED TO ERIE AIRPARK AND PICKED UP THE OTHER PASSENGER (NOW DECEASED). THEY PROCEEDED TO PANAMA LAKE AND MADE A LOW PASS ABOUT 500 FEET ACROSS THE LAKE, THEN A SHARP PULLUP LIKE A HAMMERHEAD MANEUVER, TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND ALMOST DID NOT PULL IT BACK UP. ON THE SECOND PASS - THIS TIME ABOUT 100 FEET - THEY TRIED THE SAME STUNT BUT THIS TIME IT STALLED AND MADE A RIGHT TURN IN A NOSE DIVE. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE EDGE OF THE LAKE, WHICH WAS FROZEN OVER. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE KILLED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N94VC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950610017039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950610017039I), Jun 10, 1995: Amtrdf KITFOX (N94VC), Marietta, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 6/10/95 while returning to Mccollum airport, I experienced a power loss, & initiated a successful off field landing. The cause of failure was…

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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