# Accident 20170727024549A: Mcintosh Donald W KITFOX SERIES 7, Pend Oreille Ri, ID, July 27, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2017, 10:53 local time
- Place: Pend Oreille Ri, ID
- Airport: Priest River
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1497° N, 116.8528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1497&lon=-116.8528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N302DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N302DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcintosh Donald W KITFOX SERIES 7 (registry code 056260F, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcintosh-donald-w-kitfox-series-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCINTOSH DONALD W KITFOX SERIES 7
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 678 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA444) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170727024549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED:APPEARED TO BE LANDING INTO WIND , USING A NORMAL STABILIZED APPROACH, AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, AND THE TAIL AND LEFT WING ROSE ABRUPTLY CAUSING THE  AIRCRAFT  TO  BE AIRBORN AGAIN; RIGHT WING AND FLOAT THEN DESCENDED, CONTACTING THE WATER SURFACE WHICH THEN YAWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOTION.THE AIRCRCRAFT CAME TO REST 90 DEGREES FROM LANDING HEADING. THE PILOT BELIEVES A MOMENTARY GUST CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS VERY CURRENT WITH 20 T.O.'S AND LANDINGS MADE THE  PREVIOUS DAY WITH NO APPARENT DIFFICULTY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA444), Jul 27, 2017: Mcintosh Donald W Kitfox Series 7 (N302DM), Priest River, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral/bank control during the landing in variable gusting wind conditions.

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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