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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Swartz Robe KITFOX IV · Hagerstown, MD · November 15, 2009

Date: November 15, 2009 · 14:30 local
Place: Hagerstown, MD
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N657YB
Reported as: Swartz Robe Kitfox IV
Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 563 total5 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N657YBRegistration cancelled Apr 16, 2011 · Swartz Robert C KITFOX IVS/N 1657 · Built 2009 Airframe modelSwartz Robert C KITFOX IV Engine modelRotax 912S series4 cycle

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.

11/17/09 Owner stated that while landing the aircraft it felt squirrely and he applied braking to hard and the prop hit the runway.11/19/09MET with owner to inspect the aircraft. Found the following damage: prop shattered, engine reduction gearbox housing cracked, windshied broken at both upper corners at wing roots, firewall wall wrinkled,muffler dented from engine mount bolts hitting, tailwheel axle or fork bent, cowling and spinner damaged. Both wing leading edges at the tips had hit the runway and were damaged. While talking with the owner it was discovered that he did not have a bi-annual flight review before he started flying this aircraft. I asked about recent tailwheel instruction and was told that he taxied the aircraft to the compass rose with privacy data omitted a flight instructor and that was the only time with an instructor.

As the FAA filed it

11/17/09 OWNER STATED THAT WHILE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT IT FELT SQUIRRELY AND HE APPLIED BRAKING TO HARD AND THE PROP HIT THE RUNWAY.11/19/09MET WITH OWNER TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. FOUND THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE: PROP SHATTERED, ENGINE REDUCTION GEARBOX HOUSING CRACKED, WINDSHIED BROKEN AT BOTH UPPER CORNERS AT WING ROOTS, FIREWALL WALL WRINKLED,MUFFLER DENTED FROM ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS HITTING, TAILWHEEL AXLE OR FORK BENT, COWLING AND SPINNER DAMAGED. BOTH WING LEADING EDGES AT THE TIPS HAD HIT THE RUNWAY AND WERE DAMAGED. WHILE TALKING WITH THE OWNER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW BEFORE HE STARTED FLYING THIS AIRCRAFT. I ASKED ABOUT RECENT TAILWHEEL INSTRUCTION AND WAS TOLD THAT HE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE COMPASS ROSE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME WITH AN INSTRUCTOR.