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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Fly BY Night FLY BY NT KITFOX 5 · White City, OR · April 20, 2011

Date: April 20, 2011 · 14:00 local
Place: White City, OR
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N239DK
Reported as: Fly BY Night FLY BY NT Kitfox 5
Reported engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport

N239DKRegistered now · Fly BY Night FLY BY NT KITFOX 5S/N S94070037 · Built 2000 Airframe modelFly BY Night FLY BY NT KITFOX 5 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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.

It appears the aircraft's propeller was not set in the take off setting. It was reported the engine never attained take off RPM. The aircraft departed the private strip and did not main altitued. The aircraft set down in a field down range of the strip and damaged the left landing gear and the left wing tip. As of 5/5/2011 privacy data omitted has not responded to FAA inquiries for the above missing items. This report will be amended when the information becomes available.

As the FAA filed it

IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER WAS NOT SET IN THE TAKE OFF SETTING. IT WAS REPORTED THE ENGINE NEVER ATTAINED TAKE OFF RPM. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PRIVATE STRIP AND DID NOT MAIN ALTITUED. THE AIRCRAFT SET DOWN IN A FIELD DOWN RANGE OF THE STRIP AND DAMAGED THE LEFT LANDING GEAR AND THE LEFT WING TIP.AS OF 5/5/2011 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS NOT RESPONDED TO FAA INQUIRIES FOR THE ABOVE MISSING ITEMS. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED WHEN THE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.