20121224029069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Brocke Rodney A KITFOX 4-1200 · MI · December 24, 2012

Date: December 24, 2012 · 16:30 local
Place: MI
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N777ZX
Reported as: Brocke Rodney A Kitfox 4-1200
Reported engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,046 total869 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

N777ZXRegistered now · Brocke Rodney A KITFOX 4-1200S/N 1723 · Built 1996 Airframe modelBrocke Rodney A KITFOX 4-1200 Engine modelSubaru ALL MDLS A/B4 cycle

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.

On Monday, December 24, 2012 at approximately 4:30PM eastern time, a 1996 experimental amateur-built Kitfox 4-1200, single engine, piston powered, high wing aircraft experienced an incident in which the aircraft became inverted after landing on an unimproved beach area of a small island in the saginaw bay, lake huron, near sebawaing, Michigan.

The pilot stated that he was practicing landings in this area and on the third landing, the right main landing gear became caught in the ice and caused the aircraft to flip nose-over and become inverted.

The pilot, being the sole occupant of the aircraft, was uninjured by the incident. However, he was treated for exposure after being recovered by search and rescue crews. The aircraft was removed by the owner and returned to the home base airport of bay city clements (3CM), in bay city, Michigan..

The aircraft sustained minor damage to the propeller, skin beneath the nose and the left main landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30PM EASTERN TIME, A 1996 EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT KITFOX 4-1200, SINGLE ENGINE, PISTON POWERED, HIGH WING AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN INCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED AFTER LANDING ON AN UNIMPROVED BEACH AREA OF A SMALL ISLAND IN THE SAGINAW BAY, LAKE HURON, NEAR SEBAWAING, MICHIGAN.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS IN THIS AREA AND ON THE THIRD LANDING, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BECAME CAUGHT IN THE ICE AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP NOSE-OVER AND BECOME INVERTED.

THE PILOT, BEING THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS UNINJURED BY THE INCIDENT. HOWEVER, HE WAS TREATED FOR EXPOSURE AFTER BEING RECOVERED BY SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED BY THE OWNER AND RETURNED TO THE HOME BASE AIRPORT OF BAY CITY CLEMENTS (3CM), IN BAY CITY, MICHIGAN..

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, SKIN BENEATH THE NOSE AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

Other reports on N777ZX · 1

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

Incident 19990418033869IForced/Precautionary Landing · Sebewaing, MI(-23) Aircraft made a forced landing shortly after take off in open field because of engine failure. Pilot who is also a mechanic stated he suspected carburetor ice. Landing was mostly routine but aircraft hit ditch after landing. Investigation showed owner…Apr 18, 1999 · Minor damage