# Accident 20080619839439A: SPITFIRE2, Kamiah, ID, June 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2008, 13:15 local time
- Place: Kamiah, ID
- Airport: Kamiah Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2217° N, 116.0228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2217&lon=-116.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7530L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7530L-2010-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ultralight America SPITFIRE 2 (registry code 05904H1, https://openairdocs.org/model/ultralight-america-spitfire-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPITFIRE2
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080619839439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 19, 2008 APPROXIMATELY 1315 HOURS LOCAL TIME N7530L, AN ULTRALIGHT AMERICA SPITFIRE2 SERIAL NO. 15532 CRASHED NEAR THE KAMIAH, ID AIRPORT (S73) FOLLOWING AN INFLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE.  THE AIRCRAFT, WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD JUST DEPARTED S73 WHEN AN RPM LOSS OF APPROXIMATELY 200 RPM WAS NOTED DURING THE CLIMB-OUT SHORLTY FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE, AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT LEAST HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, ALTITUDE UNKNOWN THE PILOT STATED HE THEN MADE A LEFT TURN IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY BUT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO THE RUNWAY.  HE THEN MADE A RIGHT TURN TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD.  HE FURTHER STATED, CLOSE TO THE GROUND HE APPLIED AFT ELEVATOR TO ARREST THE RATE OF DESCENT AND PROBABLY STALLED, HIT THE GROUND HARD, BOUNCED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED WITH MINOR INJURIES TO HIMSELF AND THE PASSENGER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WITH A BENT MAIN TUBE, CRUMPLED RT WING, DAMAGED LT LANDING GEAR, AND DEMOLISHED CABIN AREA.  NO PRE OR POST-CRASH FIRE WAS NOTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA08CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA154), Jun 19, 2008: Uetz, Walter Spitfire II (N7530L), Kamiah, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure maintain the proper descent rate during the last part of his approach to a forced landing in an open hayfield.

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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