# Incident 20170805016909I: 2015 Kilian Baumann KITFOX SUPER SPORT, Chickaloon, AK, August 5, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2017, 11:30 local time
- Place: Chickaloon, AK
- Airport: King Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7907° N, 148.3527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING RANCH (AK59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7907&lon=-148.3527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N869KB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N869KB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kilian Baumann KITFOX SUPER SPORT (registry code 056330X, https://openairdocs.org/model/kilian-baumann-kitfox-super-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Viking 110 (registry code 63700, https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: 2015 KILIAN BAUMANN KITFOX SUPER SPORT
- Reported engine: VIKING 110
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170805016909I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING FROM SUTTON, AK. TO KING RANCH AK. HEARD AN UNKNOWN NOISE FROM ENGINE. 10 MIN LATER HAD ENGINE HIGH TEMP LIGHT INDICATION. DID A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON SAND BAR. INSPECTED ENGINE AND FOUND A BROKEN STARTER DRIVE TOOTH MISSING FROM FLY WHEEL. SUSPECTED THE MISSING TOOTH DAMAGED THE COOLANT LINE AND ENGINE LOST COOLANT.

HAD AIRCRAFT AIRLIFTED TO KING RANCH.

NO INJURIES.

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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