# Incident 20080305011449I: Amtr KITFOXSERIE5, Eatonville, WA, March 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2008, 16:15 local time
- Place: Eatonville, WA
- Airport: Swanson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8717° N, 122.2572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SWANSON FLD (2W3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8717&lon=-122.2572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N910MK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXSERIE5
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080305011449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN WAS PRACTICING TAXIING OF THE AIRCRAFT UP AND DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE WINDS WERE BLOWING OUT OF THE NORTH AT AN ESTIMATED 10 TO 12 KNOTS BASED UPON WITNESS STATEMENTS WHO OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AROUND IN THE SOUTH FIELD RUN-UP AREA AND BEGAN A RETURN TAXI TO THE NORTH. WITNESS STATEMENTS NOTED THAT THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. THE TRIM WAS SET TO A NOSE DOWN POSITION, AS NOTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION, AT NEAR FULL TRAVEL. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCELERATED NORTHBOUND ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT. TIRE TRACKS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT WAS REALIGNED TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND THEN BECAME MOMENTARILY AIRBORNE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SET DOWN HARD AND THE SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE ATTACHMENT CAUSING HIM TO BE UNABLE TO REACH THE PEDALS SINCE THE SEATBELTS LOCKED. HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND OVER AN EMBANKMENT THAT RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT FALLING APPROXIMATELY 15' VERTICALY. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT WAS NOT CURRENT AS A PILOT-IN-COMMAND, NOR HAD A CURRENT MEDICAL, OR FLIGHT REVIEW, WHICH HE WAS HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE TRAINING IN THIS AIRCRAFT.

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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