# Accident 20090418004469A: Amtr KITFOX, Dubre, KY, April 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2009, 16:33 local time
- Place: Dubre, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8408° N, 85.5639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8408&lon=-85.5639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N191KF-2013-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gladstone Charles T JR KITFOX SPEEDSTER (registry code 05602DQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/gladstone-charles-t-jr-kitfox-speedster) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 507 total, 48 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090418004469A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON APRIL 18, 2009, AT 1633 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT, GLADSTONE KITFOX, N191KF, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR EDMONTON, KENTUCKY.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS KILLED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE FARM IN BURKESVILLE, KENTUCKY, AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME.  A WITNESS STATED HE HEARD AN AIRPLANE APPROACHING HIS HOUSE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE THE TREES.  IT MADE A LEFT TURN NEXT TO A CREEK AND REVERSED ITS COURSE FLYING BACK TOWARDS BURKESVILLE.  THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRPLANE WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE GROUND AND THE SPEED OF THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO BE SLOW.  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED IN THE STEEP LEFT TURN, REVERSED ITS COURSE IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT.  THE WITNESS STATED THE ENGINE "SOUNDED GOOD AND SMOOTH".

## 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 ERA09LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA250), Apr 18, 2009: Gladstone Kitfox (N191KF), Dubre, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering at a low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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