# Accident 20110925021919A: Bins Tom KITFOX IV, Lafayette, LA, September 25, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2011, 09:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N211KF-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bins Tom KITFOX IV (registry code 05618VC, https://openairdocs.org/model/bins-tom-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BINS TOM KITFOX IV
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110925021919A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKE OFF AND CLIMB OUT AND AT 400 FEET THE PILOT HEARD A SWISH AND POP NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE PILOT TURNED TO TEARDROP BACK TOWARD THE RUNWAY WITH POWER ON. THE AIRCRAFT GRADUALLY LOST POWER ON DECENT AND COULD NOT SUCESSFULLY RETURN TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING WITH WHEELED FLOATS INTO A GRASSY FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED AND CAME TO A STOP NOSE OVER UPSIDE DOWN.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N211KF (1)

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

- [Accident 19960928032969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960928032969A), Sep 28, 1996: Amtrdf KITFOX (N211KF), Pittsfield, MA, Substantial damage. No narrative available

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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