# Accident 20090829014699A: Amtr KITFOX, May, ID, August 29, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2009, 19:20 local time
- Place: May, ID
- Airport: May
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6056° N, 113.9086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6056&lon=-113.9086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2070A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2070A-2010-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stone DR Leslie H KITFOX SERIES 6 (registry code 05614JT, https://openairdocs.org/model/stone-dr-leslie-h-kitfox-series-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 682 total, 420 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA427) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090829014699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/29/2009, N2070A S/N S6009-037, EXPERIMENTAL, KITFOX SERIES 6 TOOK OFF FROM MAY. IDAHO AIRPORT (0U8) AT 1920 LOCAL.  AIRCRAFT USED RUNWAY 27 AND TURNED SOUTH EAST TOWARDS THE TOWN OF MAY.  WHILE FLYING PAST THE COWBOY CAFE ABOUT (1/4 TO 1/2 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT) N2070A FLOWN BY PILOT LESLIE STONE, CERTIFICATE # 489548546 HIT POWER LINES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CAFE.  MR. STONE STATE HE INTENDED TO TAKE A PHOTO OF THE CAFE FOR THE EAA NEWS LETTER AND DIDN'T SEE ANY POWER LINES.  HE STATED THE ONLY THING HE REMEMBERS IS SEEING THE CAFE AND NEXT THING HE REMEMBERS WAS SEEING A EMT GIVING HIM AN IV.

## 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 WPR09LA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA427), Aug 30, 2009: Stone Kitfox Series 6 (N2070A), May, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles during the takeoff initial climb.

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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