# Accident 20090523008959A: Amtr KITFOX, Apple Valley, CA, May 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2009, 07:45 local time
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Airport: Apple Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5753° N, 117.1861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5753&lon=-117.1861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N781VP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N781VP-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Polit Virgil Edouard KITFOX SER 5 OUTBACK (registry code 05607YY, https://openairdocs.org/model/polit-virgil-edouard-kitfox-ser-5-outback) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX
- Reported engine: SUBARU
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090523008959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLYING AN EXPERIMENTAL KITFOX OUTBACK, DEPARTED APPLE AIRPORT (APV).  WITNESSES STATED AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING EXTREMELY LOW (APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET) THEN BANKED SHARPLY LEFT AND NOSED INTO THE TERRAIN.  PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  AIRCRAFT DESTROYED, WINDS WERE GUSING 20-30 KNOTS.

## 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 WPR09LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA264), May 23, 2009: Polit Kitfox Ser 5 Outback (N781VP), Apple Valley, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons while maneuvering at low altitude.

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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