# Incident 20090629012159I: Amtr KITFOX, Emporia, KS, June 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2009, 21:15 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Airport: Emporia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3306° N, 96.1899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EMPORIA MUNI (EMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3306&lon=-96.1899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N912KS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 200 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090629012159I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JUNE 29, 2009 THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S AT THE EMPORIA AIRPORT.  ON THE THIRD TAKE OFF THE ENGINE STOPPED MAKING POWER.  WITH LIMITED POWER AND WITH ATTEMPTS TO AVOID THE HIGHWAY, A GOLF COURSE, TREES, AND POWER LINES, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT JUST NORTH OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY.  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING AND THE PROP THEN STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING.  CAUSE OF THE GEAR COLLAPSE WAS DUE TO THE SURFACE NOT BEING LEVEL AND THE LEFT GEAR FIRST TOUCHED ON A TERRACE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO THE OWNER AND MOVED INTO A HANGAR ON THE AIRPORT.  WITH THIS REPORT ICE0720090038 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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