# Accident 20101223054019A: Schaefer An KITFOX -4, Glendale, AZ, December 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2010, 14:25 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Glendale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5250° N, 112.2917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5250&lon=-112.2917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95FT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schaefer Andrew J KITFOX -4 (registry code 05622M6, https://openairdocs.org/model/schaefer-andrew-j-kitfox-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHAEFER AN KITFOX -4
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR VOLKSWAGON
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101223054019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 1 AT GEU.  WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WENT RIGHT WING DOWN AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE 2000' MARK NEAR A WATER RETENTION BASIN ON THE AIRPORT GROUNDS.  IMPACT MARKS SHOW THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRST THEN THE NOSE IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 15' SOUTH EAST AT A BEARING OF 110 DEGREES OF THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ANOTHER 20' AWAY FROM THE SECOND IMPACT POINT TAIL HIGH FACING ROUGHLY 030 DEGREES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED CRUSH DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING FROM THE WING TIP IN ABOUT 3'.  THE ENGINE AND COWLING WERE TUCKED UNDER THE COCKPIT AREA AND THE COCK PIT AREA WAS SEVERELY CRUSHED IN.

## 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 WPR11LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA080), Dec 23, 2010: Schaefer Kitfox 4 (N95FT), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to recognize the onset of and to prevent an aerodynamic stall at low altitude. Contributing to the accident were the manufacturer’s conflicting guidance about the power setting…

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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