# Incident 20060930020379I: Amtr KITFOXIII, Bates City, MO, September 30, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2006, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bates City, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0039° N, 94.0634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bates City, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0039&lon=-94.0634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N103JP-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pratt John Arthur KITFOX III (registry code 95708AQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/pratt-john-arthur-kitfox-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXIII
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060930020379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT HAD RECENTLY BOUGHT THE AMATEUR-BUILT KITFOX AIRPLANE AND BROUGHT IT HOME ON A TRAILER. ON THE DAY OF THIS INCIDENT, HE PLANNED TO CONDUCT TAXI TESTS ONLY, NO INTENTION TO FLY. WHILE CONDUCTING TAXI TESTS, THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE, YAWED TO THE RIGHT, AND CRASHED ONTO THE GROUND. AFTER THE IMPACT, A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND DEVELOPED INTO A GRASS FIRE THAT CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE. A PASSENGER WAS ABOARD THE AIRPLANE AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT AND BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE INJURED. A DISCUSSION WITH THE NTSB CONFIRMED THIS OCCURRENCE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

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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