# Accident 20090509019959A: Amtr KITFOXIV1200, Madison, MS, May 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Madison, MS
- Airport: Bruce Campbell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4386° N, 90.1031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4386&lon=-90.1031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N248DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N248DR-2010-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rank Richard C KITFOX IV 1200 SPDST (registry code 05607ZQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/rank-richard-c-kitfox-iv-1200-spdst) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXIV1200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090509019959A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY 09,2009 APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL TIME N248DR WERE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF IN A TANDEM FORMATION FROM THE MADISON, MS AIRPORT (KMBO) ON RWY 17.  DURING TAKEOFF THE FIRST AIRCRAFT BRIEFLY ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN THE SECOND AIRCRAFT WAS NEAR TAKEOFF SPEED AND TO AVOID HITTING THE FIRST AIRCRAFT THE SECOND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY BECAME AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AND STALLED.  THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED, AND THE TAIL STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE FUSELAGE TO BUCKLE.

## 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 ERA09CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA285), May 9, 2009: Richard Rank KitFox 4 (N248DR), Madison, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during an aborted formation takeoff.

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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