# Accident 20110104000029A: Ferkin Mark KITFOX IV, Homedale, ID, January 4, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2011, 16:45 local time
- Place: Homedale, ID
- Airport: Homedale Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6088° N, 116.9360° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6088&lon=-116.9360&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90TY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90TY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rhoades Larry W KITFOX IV (registry code 05604Z0, https://openairdocs.org/model/rhoades-larry-w-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FERKIN MARK KITFOX IV
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110104000029A

## Narrative

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

THE PRIVATE PILOT LOST OIL PRESSURE AND DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY OFF AIRPORT LANDING. A REVIEW OF THE LANDING AREA SHOWED THE MOUNTAIN WAS SNOW COVERED BUT THE PILOT COULD SEE WEEDS STICKING UP THROUGH THE SNOW AND ELECTED TO MAKE THE LANDING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THERE WERE NO OIL LEAKS NOTED AND THE ENGINE HAD OIL IN IT. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT WIRE HAD FALLEN OFF THE BACK OF THE INSTRUMENT. THE WIRE WAS RECONNECTED AND A THOROUGH RUN UP PERFORMED. THE AIRCRAFT NOW HAD NORMAL OIL PRESSURE, THE PILOT SHUT DOWN AND PUT THE COWLING ON AND ELECTED TO TAKE OFF TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT. ABOUT 60 FT INTO THE TAKE OFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO SOME DEEPER SNOW AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, THE LOWER LONGERONS AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER.

## 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 WPR11CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA088), Jan 4, 2011: Ferkin Kitfox IV (N90TY), Homedale, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the snow-covered terrain during the takeoff ground roll, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Other reports on N90TY (1)

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

- [Accident 20040814018229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040814018229A), Aug 14, 2004: Amtr KITFOXIV (N90TY), Sandpoint, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) N90TY, a 1995 Kitfox aircraft received substanial damage upon landingat the Olmstead skyranch located north of the Sandpoint, Idaho airport. The lowtime…

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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