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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Jeppsen Claude Gerald KITFOX 4-1200 · Alamagordo, NM · September 2, 2011

Date
September 2, 2011 · 10:00 local
Place
Alamagordo, NM
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1889
Reported as
Jeppsen Claude Gerald Kitfox 4-1200
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total40 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

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.

On September 2, 2011, at 1000 MST a Jeppsen Claude Gerald kit fox 4-1200, N1889, registered to privacy data omitted, experienced engine failure in flight and a collapsed right landing gear on landing on highway 54, 32 miles south of Alamagordo, new Mexico, while traveling to Alamagordo, new Mexico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and there were no injuries to the certificated pilot or passenger. The flight originated at Alamagordo, new Mexico on September 2, 2011 at 0930 MST.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2011, AT 1000 MST A JEPPSEN CLAUDE GERALD KIT FOX 4-1200, N1889, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT AND A COLLAPSED RIGHT LANDING GEAR ON LANDING ON HIGHWAY 54, 32 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGORDO, NEW MEXICO, WHILE TRAVELING TO ALAMAGORDO, NEW MEXICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CERTIFICATED PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALAMAGORDO, NEW MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 AT 0930 MST.