# Incident 20150226003779I: Drake KITFOX SPEEDSTER, Sicily Island, LA, February 26, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2015, 18:30 local time
- Place: Sicily Island, LA
- Airport: Perkins Camp Airstrip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8488° N, 91.6594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sicily Island, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8488&lon=-91.6594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N157D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N157D-2018-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Drake KITFOX SPEEDSTER (registry code 059003K, https://openairdocs.org/model/drake-kitfox-speedster) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DRAKE KITFOX SPEEDSTER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 284 total, 50 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150226003779I

## Narrative

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

N157D, ON 26 FEB 2017, EXPERIENCED LEFT MLG COLLAPSE DUE TO FAILURE OF BUNGY CHORD AFTER LANDING ON A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP NEAR SICILY ISLAND, LA. THIS CHORD WAS PART OF THE LANDING GEAR. A/C SKID TO A STOP ON LEFT SIDE OF FUSLAGE AND EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED IN PHONE INTERVIEW OF HIS INTENT TO UPGRADE LANDING GEAR IN UPCOMING WEEKS TO MORE STURDY SYSTEM. HE WAS PHONE COUNSELED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PERFORMING A THOROUGH PRE-FLIGHT, WHICH MAY HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO NOTICE THE DAMAGED CHORD PRIOR TO FLIGHT. HE WAS HELPFUL DURING ENTIRE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND PROVIDED ALL REQUESTED DOCUMENTATION.

## Other reports on N157D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20161001016119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161001016119A), Oct 1, 2016: Drake KITFOX SPEEDSTER (N157D), Jennings, LA, Destroyed. The aircraft was departing north on grass runway 35. The aircraft became airborne at 700 ft. 1100 Feet down the rumway at approximately 75FT AGL the aircraft's…

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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