# Incident 20070930021079I: Amtr KITFOXIV, London, KY, September 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2007, 19:00 local time
- Place: London, KY
- Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Magee Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0869° N, 84.0774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONDON/CORBIN/MAGEE (LOZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0869&lon=-84.0774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46472, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46472) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cooper Tom KITFOX IV (registry code 056191B, https://openairdocs.org/model/cooper-tom-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXIV
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 1 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070930021079I

## Narrative

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

(-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."

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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