# Incident 20170914019359I: Zapf Rodney L ZAPF-KITFOX III, East Dubuque, IL, September 14, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2017, 17:54 local time
- Place: East Dubuque, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4883° N, 90.6242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Dubuque, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4883&lon=-90.6242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N827FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N827FL-2018-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zapf Rodney L ZAPF-KITFOX III (registry code 05606RL, https://openairdocs.org/model/zapf-rodney-l-zapf-kitfox-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZAPF RODNEY L ZAPF-KITFOX III
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170914019359I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED TO THE RESPONDING INSPECTOR THAT HE WAS WATER TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT KITFOX III, WHEN THE FLOATS STRUCK MUD IN THE BACKWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR EAST DUBUQUE, IL.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER INTO THE WATER AND FLIPPED OVER INTO THE WATER.  FABRIC ON THE RIGHT WING BECAME TORN, A FLOAT WAS DAMAGED, A STRUT TUBE WAS BENT, AND THE COWLING WAS DAMAGED. THE WAS NO POST-ACCIDENT FIRE.

THE PILOT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION, BUT THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGS AND HIS PILOT LOGBOOKS WERE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND WASHED AWAY INTO THE WATER DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY TOTAL AIRCRAFT HOURS AND ANY PILOT HOURS.

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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