# Incident 20161010020019I: Thatcher G Richard KITFOX IV 1200, Asheville, NC, October 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2016, 15:09 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56KF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56KF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thatcher G Richard KITFOX IV 1200 (registry code 05623XZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/thatcher-g-richard-kitfox-iv-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THATCHER G RICHARD KITFOX IV 1200
- Reported engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 635 total, 415 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161010020019I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/10/2016 AT 1509 EST, HOME ? AMATEUR ? BUILT KIT FOX MODEL IV 1200, N56KF, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER EXPERIENCING A GROUND LOOP JUST AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT THE ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (AVL), ASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED; NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.

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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