# Incident 20110902020039I: Jeppsen Claude Gerald KITFOX 4-1200, Alamagordo, NM, September 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2011, 10:00 local time
- Place: Alamagordo, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1889, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1889) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jeppsen Claude Gerald KITFOX 4-1200 (registry code 05606K0, https://openairdocs.org/model/jeppsen-claude-gerald-kitfox-4-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL (registry code 55592, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JEPPSEN CLAUDE GERALD KITFOX 4-1200
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 40 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110902020039I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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