20111225029519I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Griffin Robert L KITFOX IV · Richfield, UT · December 25, 2011

Date
December 25, 2011 · 13:17 local
Place
Richfield, UT
Airport
Richfield Municipal
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N582RG
Reported as
Griffin Robert L Kitfox IV
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
645 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.

privacy data omitted Was practicing high speed taxiing in preparation for his first flight in this model of aircraft. After a high speed pass down the runway, directional control became unstable. He applied the brakes too hard and the airplane flipped over it's nose, coming to rest on it's back.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING HIGH SPEED TAXIING IN PREPARATION FOR HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN THIS MODEL OF AIRCRAFT. AFTER A HIGH SPEED PASS DOWN THE RUNWAY, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BECAME UNSTABLE. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TOO HARD AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER IT'S NOSE, COMING TO REST ON IT'S BACK.

Other reports on N582RG · 1

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