# Incident 20111225029519I: Griffin Robert L KITFOX IV, Richfield, UT, December 25, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2011, 13:17 local time
- Place: Richfield, UT
- Airport: Richfield Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7341° N, 112.1016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHFIELD MUNI (RIF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7341&lon=-112.1016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N582RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N582RG-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Griffin Robert L KITFOX IV (registry code 05623FJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/griffin-robert-l-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRIFFIN ROBERT L KITFOX IV
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 645 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111225029519I

## Narrative

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

^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.

- [Incident 19980428010939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980428010939I), Apr 28, 1998: Amtrdf KITFOX (N582RG), Franklin, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot stated, he departed runway 2 at the venango regional airport, Franklin, PA (fkl) on a pleasure flight in a Kitfox iv, N582RG, at…

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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