# Accident 20090707010729A: Amtr KITFOX, Santa Clarita, CA, July 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Santa Clarita, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3983° N, 118.5525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3983&lon=-118.5525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N926JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N926JB-2010-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bender Joseph M KITFOX SPEEDSTER (registry code 05624VL, https://openairdocs.org/model/bender-joseph-m-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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 8 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA340) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090707010729A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 WPR09LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA340), Jul 7, 2009: Bender Kitfox (N926JB), Valencia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure and separation of a propeller blade for undetermined reasons.

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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