# Accident 20090716010869A: Amtr KITFOXII, Laurel, MT, July 16, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2009, 09:00 local time
- Place: Laurel, MT
- Airport: Laurel Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7052° N, 108.7608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUREL MUNI (6S8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7052&lon=-108.7608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4276M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4276M-2024-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cox John Wiley KITFOX III (registry code 05626NR, https://openairdocs.org/model/cox-john-wiley-kitfox-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090716010869A

## Narrative

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

(-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^.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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