20110904019589A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Veatch James F KITFOX-7 · Caldwell, ID · September 4, 2011

Date
September 4, 2011 · 08:30 local
Place
Caldwell, ID
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N624JS
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR11FA428
Reported as
Veatch James F KITFOX-7
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
264 total

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.

Witnesses stated hearing a complete power loss, looked up and observed the aircraft enter a right turn crashing vertically into the ground on airport property.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES STATED HEARING A COMPLETE POWER LOSS, LOOKED UP AND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ENTER A RIGHT TURN CRASHING VERTICALLY INTO THE GROUND ON AIRPORT PROPERTY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.