# Incident 20150106000279I: Carter Jay M KITFOX S-6, Mesa, AZ, January 6, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2015, 10:31 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Carter Jay M KITFOX S-6 (registry code 05618IK, https://openairdocs.org/model/carter-jay-m-kitfox-s-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CARTER JAY M KITFOX S-6
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,699 total, 141 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150106000279I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 4R, AT KFFZ, SW BOUND ALONG TAXIWAY-D, WAS TAXIING SLIGHTLY TOO FAST WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES APPROACHING THE HOLD BAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS D AND D1 AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DAMAGING PROPELLER AND SPINNER. NO DAMAGE TO COWLING, ENGINE MOUNTS, FIREWALL OR ANY OTHER STRUCTURES TO AIRCRAFT.

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:

AIRCRAFT -> A LYCOMING O-290-D2 IS INSTALLED ON THIS KITFOX S-6 RESULTING IN A NOSE HEAVY AIRCRAFT, IN FACT A CONCRETE BALLAST IS INSTALLED IN THE TAIL TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT WITHIN ALLOWABLE CG RANGE. A ROTAX 912ULS ENGINE AND PROPELLER, THE TYPICAL, AND MUCH LIGHTER, ENGINE CONFIGURATION FOR THIS AIRCRAFT, ALONG WITH KITFOX AIRCRAFT?S FIREWALL FORWARD INSTALLATION KIT HAS BEEN PURCHASED FOR THIS AIRCRAFT TO REDUCE OVERALL WEIGHT AND BRING THE CG INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ENVELOPE. THIS ENGINE WILL NOW BE INSTALLED, RESULTING IN AN AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION WITH BETTER GROUND HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS.

ENVIRONMENT -> A KING AIR THAT HAD RECEIVED AN IFR CLEARANCE JUST PRIOR TO MY TAXI CLEARANCE WAS BEHIND ME ON TAXIWAY DELTA, I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT I WAS CLEAR OF TAXIWAY ALFA TO AVOID ANY UNDUE DELAY ON THEIR DEPARTURE AND THEREFORE TAXIED AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER SPEED THAN NORMAL, AND DELAYED MY BRAKING UNTIL PAST TAXIWAY A, THIS EXTRA MOMENTUM, IN ADDITION TO THE NOSE HEAVY CONFIGURATION OF THIS PARTICULAR KITFOX, CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT.

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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