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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Greth Phillip Andrew KITFOX IV · Chesterfield, MO · August 19, 2013

Date
August 19, 2013 · 13:15 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N937X
Reported as
Greth Phillip Andrew Kitfox IV
Reported engine
ROTEC R2800
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total100 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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.

The pilot attempted to do a straight in approach on rwy 26R. During touchdown, the aircraft departed the runway, rotated 120 degrees, and came to rest in an adjacent grass panel. The propeller was damaged. No injuries were reported. No maintenance issues were noted. Incident occurred due to pilot error.

Ref ptrs# CE03201308813 for 44709 re-examination.

FSDO incident#ICE0320130018

Ptrs CE03201308814

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO DO A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH ON RWY 26R. DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, ROTATED 120 DEGREES, AND CAME TO REST IN AN ADJACENT GRASS PANEL. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NO MAINTENANCE ISSUES WERE NOTED. INCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO PILOT ERROR.

REF PTRS# CE03201308813 FOR 44709 RE-EXAMINATION.

FSDO INCIDENT#ICE0320130018

PTRS CE03201308814