# Accident 20140321002469A: Farace Thomas Scott KITFOX II, Vicksburg, MS, March 21, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2014, 16:00 local time
- Place: Vicksburg, MS
- Airport: Vicksburg Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2506° N, 90.9233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2506&lon=-90.9233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N438TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N438TT-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Farace Thomas Scott KITFOX II (registry code 05630P8, https://openairdocs.org/model/farace-thomas-scott-kitfox-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FARACE THOMAS SCOTT KITFOX II
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140321002469A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT, LAST MEDICAL DATE 8/24/1988. OPERATING UNDER LIGHT SPORT RULE. INSTRUCTOR PILOT, PROVIDING TRAINING FOR TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT.

AT 300 AGL, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD QUIT FLYING. THERE WAS NO LIFT AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN SINKING. AIRSPEED WAS AT 50MPH AND 6000RPM. AT 150 AGL THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED ON THE ROOF OF COOPER LIGHTING.

THE PILOT SUFFERED FRACTURES IN HIS BACK AND THE INSTRUCTOR HAD CUT ON HIS FACE.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA14LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA164), Mar 21, 2014: Farace Thomas Scott Kitfox II (N438TT), Vicksburg, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s low-level encounter with a downdraft that maximum engine power could not overcome.

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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