# Accident 20140524007929A: Smythe Donald F KITFOX CLASSIC IV, Slaughter, LA, May 24, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Slaughter, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7272° N, 91.1486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7272&lon=-91.1486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N998DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smythe Donald F KITFOX CLASSIC IV (registry code 05609GO, https://openairdocs.org/model/smythe-donald-f-kitfox-classic-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMYTHE DONALD F KITFOX CLASSIC IV
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140524007929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT ON T/O CLIMB-OUT, HE NOTICED HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH RATE OF CLIMB TO CLEAR TREES, SO HE ABORTED T/O AND UPON TURNING BACK TOWARDS FIELD, THE R/H WING TIP HIT THE GROUND AND CAUSED A/C TO NOSE IN AND BREAK-UP PROPELLER AND FRONT OF A/C SMASHED IN. NO INJURIS TO PILOT AND SERIOUS INJURIES TO PASSENGER.

## 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 CEN14LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA251), May 24, 2014: Smythe Donald F Kitfox Classic IV (N998DS), Slaughter, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in his attempt to takeoff in conditions under which the airplane was unable to attain a positive rate of climb and resulted in its failure to…

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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