# Accident 20080202857819A: Kral SERIES5KITFO, Fruitland, FL, February 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2008, 08:00 local time
- Place: Fruitland, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4272° N, 81.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fruitland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4272&lon=-81.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97GK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97GK-2010-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kral Gerard J SERIES 5 KITFOX (registry code 05603OV, https://openairdocs.org/model/kral-gerard-j-series-5-kitfox) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KRAL SERIES5KITFO
- Reported engine: LYC 0235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 179 total, 179 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080202857819A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON APPROACH, APPROX 1/2 MILE FROM AIRPORT IN EARLY MORNING AROUND 0800 AND THE LANDING GEAR CAUGHT THE TOP POWER-LINE THAT WAS ABOUT 150' AGL.  AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO RUBBER-BAND BACK INTO THE LOWER POWER LINES NOSE DOWN, THEN FELL STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND LANDING IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION.  AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SMOKE AND PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.  PILOT TRIED TO PUT FIRE OUT WITH SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHER KEPT ON BOARD WITH NO SUCCESS.  AIRCRAFT BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND DESTROYED BY FIRE WITHIN MINUTES.  PILOT EXPRESSED THAT THE SUN WAS RISING IN HIS EASTERLY DIRECTION AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE THAT "TOP" POWER LINE THAT IS MUCH THINNER AND LESS VISIBLE THE LOWER WIRES, THE PILOT ALSO EXPLAINED THAT HE ALSO CAUGHT A DOWNDRAFT THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HIS CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINES.

## 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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