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FAA incident report · Willyard William KITFOX CLASSIC IV · Jenison, MI · August 19, 2013

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Date
August 19, 2013 · 12:23 local
Place
Jenison, MI
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N20736
Reported as
Willyard William Kitfox Classic IV
Reported engine
ROTAX 912
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
834 total410 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days
N20736Registered now · Willyard William KITFOX CLASSIC IVS/N C9411-0081 · Built 2001Airframe modelWillyard William KITFOX CLASSIC IVEngine modelRotax 912ULReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On August 19, 2013 at 12:23 EST N20736, a Kitfox Classic IV piloted by a private pilot certificate privacy data omitted departed runway 32 at riverview airport (08C) in Jenison, MI. After rotation and establishment of the best rate of climb attitude the engine started to vibrate severely with a substantial loss of power. The pilot applied both carburetor heat and activated the fuel boost pump resulting in no change to engine performance.

The aircraft reached 200 to 250FT AGL and was no longer to maintain altitude. The pilot made a left turn and contacted the ground south west of the runway in an upright attitude. The aircraft continued through the grass contacting a small hill which caused the aircraft to become airborne at low speed. The aircraft flipped tail first and came to rest nose down in a stand of trees.

The aircraft sustained damage to the propeller as well as abrasion and impact damage to the left wing tip, trailing edge of the right wing, and empennage. The weather at the time of the crash was VMC with light winds, 10SM visibility, and a temperature of 24 degrees celsius. The pilot was the sole occupant and no injury was sustained.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 19, 2013 AT 12:23 EST N20736, A KITFOX CLASSIC IV PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 32 AT RIVERVIEW AIRPORT (08C) IN JENISON, MI. AFTER ROTATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BEST RATE OF CLIMB ATTITUDE THE ENGINE STARTED TO VIBRATE SEVERELY WITH A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT APPLIED BOTH CARBURETOR HEAT AND ACTIVATED THE FUEL BOOST PUMP RESULTING IN NO CHANGE TO ENGINE PERFORMANCE.

THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 200 TO 250FT AGL AND WAS NO LONGER TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. THE PILOT MADE A LEFT TURN AND CONTACTED THE GROUND SOUTH WEST OF THE RUNWAY IN AN UPRIGHT ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THROUGH THE GRASS CONTACTING A SMALL HILL WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AT LOW SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED TAIL FIRST AND CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN IN A STAND OF TREES.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AS WELL AS ABRASION AND IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, TRAILING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING, AND EMPENNAGE. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WAS VMC WITH LIGHT WINDS, 10SM VISIBILITY, AND A TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES CELSIUS. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND NO INJURY WAS SUSTAINED.