# Accident 20100607036229A: Skystar KITFOX IV, Stanton, MN, June 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2010, 10:00 local time
- Place: Stanton, MN
- Airport: Stanton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4756° N, 93.0164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4756&lon=-93.0164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N396BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N396BK-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bordelon Bruce KITFOX IV (registry code 05614I4, https://openairdocs.org/model/bordelon-bruce-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKYSTAR KITFOX IV
- Reported engine: NSI AERO SUBARU EA B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 44 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100607036229A

## Narrative

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

THE OWNER/PILOT REPAIRED THE AIRCRAFT FROM  A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT. THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE MADE THE OWNER DEPARTED FROM HIS PRIVATE HOME AIRPORT TO STANTON, MN. HE DID TWO LANDINGS AT STANTON AND ON THE THIRD APPROACH TO LANDING THE PROPELLER WENT TO LOW PITCH AND THE AIRCRAFT LOST FORWARD THRUST. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER BUT HAD NO FORWARD THRUST RESULTING IN AN UNPLANNED LANDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, FUSELAGE, AND TAIL. HOW THE PROPELLER WAS IN LOW PITCH IS UNKNOWN. THE PILOT BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY SET IT BY PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTON BUT IS NOT SURE. THE PUSH TO TALK BUTTON AND PROPELLER PITCH BUTTONS ARE LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER ON THE CONTROL STICK.

## 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 CEN10CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA304), Jun 7, 2010: Bordelon Kitfox IV (N396BK), Stanton, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent propeller blade pitch change and subsequent loss of forward thrust.

## Other reports on N396BK (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120731016169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120731016169A), Jul 31, 2012: Bordelon Bruce KITFOX IV (N396BK), Castle Rock Twp, MN, Destroyed. Pilot attempted landing at his private field and felt that he was going to land long. He began a go-around and started a right hand turn as to avoid a low…
- [Accident 20090916049639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090916049639A), Sep 16, 2009: Bordelon Br KITFOX IV (N396BK), Dodge Center, MN, Substantial damage. The pilot was piloting his Kitfox IV when when he landed 162 feet short of runway 04 at the Dodge Center Airport (ktob). During landing, the aircraft nose gear…

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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