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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr KITFOX IV · London, KY · September 30, 2007

Date: September 30, 2007 · 19:00 local
Place: London, KY
Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Magee Fld
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N46472
Reported as: Amtr Kitfoxiv
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 530 total1 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N46472Registered now · Cooper Tom KITFOX IVS/N 001 Airframe modelCooper Tom KITFOX IV

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) The owner/pilot of N43472, an experimental light sport, kit fox iv, stated: "I have had some trouble with the ground handling on this aircraft so I waited until late Sunday evening when there was good weather and no wind in order to practice some more fast taxi and ground handling. I had no intention of flying it. I was practicing getting the tail up and setting it back down during fast taxi runs. I began a run down runway 6 and got the tail up, but once the tail wheel came back down the aircraft started fish-tailing and I lost control. It then went around on me damaging the right main wheel and right wingtip."

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE OWNER/PILOT OF N43472, AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT, KIT FOX IV, STATED: "I HAVE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THE GROUND HANDLING ON THIS AIRCRAFT SO I WAITED UNTIL LATE SUNDAY EVENING WHEN THERE WAS GOOD WEATHER AND NO WIND IN ORDER TO PRACTICE SOME MORE FAST TAXI AND GROUND HANDLING. I HAD NO INTENTION OF FLYING IT. I WAS PRACTICING GETTING THE TAIL UP AND SETTING IT BACK DOWN DURING FAST TAXI RUNS. I BEGAN A RUN DOWN RUNWAY 6 AND GOT THE TAIL UP, BUT ONCE THE TAIL WHEEL CAME BACK DOWN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED FISH-TAILING AND I LOST CONTROL. IT THEN WENT AROUND ON ME DAMAGING THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL AND RIGHT WINGTIP."