# Accident 20170902024749A: Croft Robert C KITFOX SUPER SPORT, Afton, WY, September 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2017, 15:00 local time
- Place: Afton, WY
- Airport: Afton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7025° N, 110.9428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7025&lon=-110.9428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N429NC-2019-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Croft Robert C KITFOX SUPER SPORT (registry code 056299X, https://openairdocs.org/model/croft-robert-c-kitfox-super-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CROFT ROBERT C KITFOX SUPER SPORT
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 91 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA518) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170902024749A

## Narrative

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

PILOT BOUNCED ON LANDING AND ELECTED TO GO AROUND.  HE ADDED GO AROUND POWER, HOWEVER, THE LEFT WING STALLED AND CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE HIT THE GROUND AT THE SAME TIME WITH FULL POWER AND THE AIRPLANE CART-WHEELED COMING TO A STOP 180 DEGREES TO THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION OF FLIGHT.

## 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 GAA17CA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA518), Sep 2, 2017: Croft Robert C Kitfox Super Sport (N429NC), Afton, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain bank control during an attempted go-around.

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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