# Incident 20150308002529I: Timmerman Donald KITFOX III, Riley, KS, March 8, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2015, 18:00 local time
- Place: Riley, KS
- Airport: Leo'S Place
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3042° N, 96.7586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEO'S PLACE (1KS3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3042&lon=-96.7586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30845, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30845-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Timmerman Donald KITFOX III (registry code 05626QZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/timmerman-donald-kitfox-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TIMMERMAN DONALD KITFOX III
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,225 total, 77 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150308002529I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 8TH, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 LOCAL (2300 UTC), THE AIRMAN, HOLDER OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT LEO?S PLACE PRIVATE AIRPORT (1KS3), RILEY, KANSAS.  THE AIRMAN WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HIS PRIVATE GRASS STRIP CO-LOCATED WITH HIS RESIDENCE WITH THE DOOR/WINDOW OPEN FOR A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 91. DUE TO FALLING OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE, THE AIRMAN PROCEEDED TO APPROACH AND LAND AT (1KS3) IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE AIRCRAFT WINDOW.   VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WITH CONDITIONS AT KMHK LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 NM SOUTHEAST OF 1KS3 REPORTED AS:   WINDS FROM 360 DEGREES AT 08 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, AND CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURE 19, DEWPOINT 0 CELSIUS .

DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING PHASE TO RUNWAY 36 AT 1KS3, THE AIRMAN DIVERTED LEFT OF CENTERLINE TO AVOID A HOUSE AND BARNS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS SOUTH OF THE AIRFIELD.  ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN'S STATEMENT WHEN CLEAR OF THE FARM HE CROSSED A NORTH/SOUTH POWERLINE CLEARING THE POWERLINE BY APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET.  THEN WHILE LINED UP FOR FINAL THE AIRMAN SAW  ANOTHER POWERLINE THAT RUNS EAST/WEST LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 112 YARDS SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY END.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL UP AND CLEAR THE POWERLINE, THE TAIL WHEEL CLIPPED THE POWERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TOUCHED DOWN HARD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHICH RESULTED IN THE GEAR COLLAPSING AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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