# Incident 20091115025679I: Swartz Robe KITFOX IV, Hagerstown, MD, November 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Hagerstown, MD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6380° N, 77.7233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagerstown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6380&lon=-77.7233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N657YB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N657YB-2011-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swartz Robert C KITFOX IV (registry code 05607DD, https://openairdocs.org/model/swartz-robert-c-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWARTZ ROBE KITFOX IV
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091115025679I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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