# Incident 20121224029069I: Brocke Rodney A KITFOX 4-1200, MI, December 24, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2012, 16:30 local time
- Place: MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N777ZX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777ZX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brocke Rodney A KITFOX 4-1200 (registry code 05626LB, https://openairdocs.org/model/brocke-rodney-a-kitfox-4-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BROCKE RODNEY A KITFOX 4-1200
- Reported engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,046 total, 869 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121224029069I

## Narrative

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

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 19990418033869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990418033869I), Apr 18, 1999: Amtr KITFOX41200 (N777ZX), Sebewaing, MI, Minor damage. (-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…

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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