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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Kitfoxii · Laurel, MT · July 16, 2009

Date
July 16, 2009 · 09:00 local
Place
Laurel, MT
Airport
Laurel Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4276M
Reported as
Amtr Kitfoxii
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total1 in this make and model1 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) On Thursday July 16, 2009 at 0900 local time a Kitfox ii piloted by privacy data omitted the sole occupant of the aircraft ground looped while attempting to land on runway 22 at Laurel, Montana (6S8). The pilot touched the left main on the runway when a gust of wind turned the aircraft to the right. He added power but was not able to re-gain control of the aircraft. The aircraft came to rest upside down 75 feet of the north edge of runway 22. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was un-injured and wasprivacy data omitted privacy data omitted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON THURSDAY JULY 16, 2009 AT 0900 LOCAL TIME A KITFOX II PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22 AT LAUREL, MONTANA (6S8). THE PILOT TOUCHED THE LEFT MAIN ON THE RUNWAY WHEN A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. HE ADDED POWER BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO RE-GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN 75 FEET OF THE NORTH EDGE OF RUNWAY 22. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS UN-INJURED AND WAS^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.