# Accident 20121018023379A: Daniels Alan L KITFOX SERIES 7, Plymouth, MA, October 18, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2012, 11:40 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9089° N, 70.7289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9089&lon=-70.7289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555HT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555HT-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Daniels Alan L KITFOX SERIES 7 (registry code 056152Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/daniels-alan-l-kitfox-series-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DANIELS ALAN L KITFOX SERIES 7
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 50 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121018023379A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 18, 2012, N555HT A KITFOX SERIES 7 AIRCRAFT ORIGINATED A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT FROM PLYMOUTH, MA (KPYM).  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED MULTIPLE TIMES.  ON THE 4TH PORPOISE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES DURING THE ACCIDENT BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL.  THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT ALONE FOR THE PILOT WITHOUT A CFI IN OVER 5 MONTHS. FAA INSPECTORS ON SCENE WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT OCCUR.  THE WITNESSING INSPECTOR STATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRYING TO LAND AT A HIGHER APPROACH SPEED THAN USUAL FOR THAT TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE WHEEL FIRST AND BOUNCED IN THE AIR RETURNING TO THE RUNWAY NOSE WHEEL FIRST.  THE OSCILLATIONS CONTINUED A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA13CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA047), Oct 18, 2012: Daniels Alan L Kitfox Series 7 (N555HT), Plymouth, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and subsequent inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N555HT (1)

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

- [Accident 20180715011259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180715011259A), Jul 15, 2018: Daniels Alan L KITFOX SERIES 7 (N555HT), Harrisburg, NY, Destroyed. 07/15/2018 Approximately 0900 am an experimental Kitfox aircraft N555HT while attempting to land at a field in Harrisburg, NY crash landed causing the aircraft…

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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