# Accident 20071016023479A: Dennyd KITFOX1, Siloam Springs, AR, October 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2007, 17:00 local time
- Place: Siloam Springs, AR
- Airport: Smith Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1854° N, 94.5300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Siloam Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1854&lon=-94.5300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85DE-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Denney Dan KITFOX MODEL 1 (registry code 05613RA, https://openairdocs.org/model/denney-dan-kitfox-model-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DENNYD KITFOX1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071016023479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 16, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CDT, N85DE, A KIT FOX MODEL 1, GROUND-LOOPED DURING A TAXI TEST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, AT SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS (SLG). THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LIFTING THE TAIL ON RUNWAY 18, HE DECIDED TO SET THE TAIL BACK DOWN. AS THE TAIL WAS SETTLING BACK TO THE GROUND THE RUDDER CONTROL LOST ALL EFFECTIVENESS AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, LEFT WING STRUT, LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT REPORTED THE WINDS AS 150 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER VFR. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THE PILOT OBTAINED A COMPUTER WEATHER BRIEFING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS OF THE LIT FSDO DID NOT DETERMINE ANY ANOMALIES RELATED TO CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY.

## 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

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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