20090707010729A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Kitfox · Santa Clarita, CA · July 7, 2009

Date
July 7, 2009 · 12:30 local
Place
Santa Clarita, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N926JB
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR09LA340
Reported as
Amtr Kitfox
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total8 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted and privacy data omitted were on a training flight from whp to the fillmore area, then back to shp. Returning from fillmore, over stevenson ranch, there was a loud bang. The pilots then noticced that the propeller blades had separated from the aircraft. Florine turned the aircraft to the north and made an emergency landing in a field south west of magic mountain valencia. The aircraft was damaged during the landing attempt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM WHP TO THE FILLMORE AREA, THEN BACK TO SHP. RETURNING FROM FILLMORE, OVER STEVENSON RANCH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THE PILOTS THEN NOTICCED THAT THE PROPELLER BLADES HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. FLORINE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE NORTH AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD SOUTH WEST OF MAGIC MOUNTAIN VALENCIA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.