# Incident 20150620008819I: Gale R Walton KITFOX IV-1200, Stoneville, NC, June 20, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2015, 13:49 local time
- Place: Stoneville, NC
- Airport: Shiloh
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4652° N, 79.9066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stoneville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4652&lon=-79.9066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1419W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1419W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gale R Walton KITFOX IV-1200 (registry code 056301E, https://openairdocs.org/model/gale-r-walton-kitfox-iv-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GALE R WALTON KITFOX IV-1200
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 199 total, 63 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/20150620008819I

## Narrative

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

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS PROVIDED BY THE PILOT:

THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON JUNE 20, 2015 AT ABOUT 1:30PM. I HAD COMPLETED THREE FULL STOP LANDINGS ON THE GRASS STRIP PARALLELING RUNWAY 31 AT KSIF SHILOH AIRPORT. THIS GRASS STRIP IS BETWEEN THE PAVED RUNWAY 31 AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE LAST AWOS REPORT I RECALL WAS INDICATING 8MPH WIND VARYING FROM 200 TO 270 DEGREES. THERE WERE PERIODS OF CALM INTERSPERSED WITH WIND GUSTS FROM VARIOUS DIRECTIONS. AFTER TAKING OFF ON 31, I REMAINED IN THE PATTERN FOR A FOURTH LANDING. I PROCEEDED ONTO THE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR 31 AND OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK TO BE INDICATING A DIRECT CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AT THAT TIME I WAS MAINTAINING AN APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREE CRAB ANGLE TO REMAIN PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. UPON TURNING ONTO FINAL APPROACH I ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE WHEN CROSSING THE TREE-LINE AT THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. I WAS LINED UP WITH THE GRASS STRIP AND THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR READ 45 MPH AS I CROSSED OVER THE TAXIWAY. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO INITIATE THE LANDING FLARE WHEN A STRONG GUST FROM MY LEFT REAR TIPPED THE PLANE STRONGLY TO THE RIGHT AND I FELT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE. AS I ADDED LEFT AILERON AND OPENED THE THROTTLE TO CORRECT, THE RIGHT WHEEL AND RIGHT WING-TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TO THE LEFT AND THE LEFT WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR BUNGEE CORD FAILED. THE LEFT WINGTIP THEN CONTACTED THE TURF, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED-OVER AND SLID ABOUT 10 FEET, COMING TO REST ON THE GROUND WITH THE NOSE ON THE GROUND AND THE TAIL IN THE AIR. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND AND ONE BLADE WAS CRACKED BUT NOT SEPARATED FROM THE HUB. THE ENGINE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY UPON PROPELLER CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF ALL SWITCHES AND CLOSED THE FUEL VALVE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A FUEL OR OIL LEAK. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO DIFFICULTY. THE ONLY INJURY TO MYSELF WAS A SCRAPE ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY RIGHT KNEE.

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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