# Accident 20140607008349A: Skykits Corp SAVANNAH VGW, Helena, MT, June 7, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2014, 08:59 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7033° N, 112.0683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7033&lon=-112.0683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N472WM-2015-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Skykits SAVANNAH VGW (registry code 069001D, https://openairdocs.org/model/skykits-savannah-vgw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKYKITS CORP SAVANNAH VGW
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 23 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140607008349A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 7, 2014, AT 0859 MDT, A SKYKITS CORP, SAVANNAH VGW, N472WM, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, FLIPPED OVER AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE STRIP NW OF HELENA, MONTANA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE  PRIVATE STRIP NW OF HELENA, MONTANA, ON UNE 9, 2014, AT 0815 MDT.

## 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 WPR14LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA238), Jun 7, 2014: Skykits Savannah VGW (N472WM), Helena, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The overload failure of the nosewheel fork retaining bolts during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.

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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