20081029850609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boubel KITFOX IV · Medford, OR · October 29, 2008

Date: October 29, 2008 · 11:28 local
Place: Medford, OR
Airport: Rogue Valley International - Medford
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N860SU
Reported as: Boubel Kitfoxiv
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,524 total78 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

N860SURegistered now · Boubel Richard W KITFOX IVS/N GBS-027 · Built 2006 Airframe modelBoubel Richard W KITFOX IV Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) N860SU, an experimental Kitfox iv, landed on runway 32 and was expediting taxi, as requested by tower, to exit runway 32. Aircraft kept speed up and when asked to exit runway early at runway 27 for traffic, the pilot complied. The aircraft had too much speed and when the turn was started the aircraft flipped up onto the nose causing the propeller to break and damage to the nose cone.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N860SU, AN EXPERIMENTAL KITFOX IV, LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AND WAS EXPEDITING TAXI, AS REQUESTED BY TOWER, TO EXIT RUNWAY 32. AIRCRAFT KEPT SPEED UP AND WHEN ASKED TO EXIT RUNWAY EARLY AT RUNWAY 27 FOR TRAFFIC, THE PILOT COMPLIED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TOO MUCH SPEED AND WHEN THE TURN WAS STARTED THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UP ONTO THE NOSE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO BREAK AND DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE.