# Incident 20190403002429I: Meyer Burton KITFOX MODEL 4-1200, Morris, IL, April 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2019, 13:30 local time
- Place: Morris, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3802° N, 88.4243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morris, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3802&lon=-88.4243&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76TK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyer Burton KITFOX MODEL 4-1200 (registry code 056133Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyer-burton-kitfox-model-4-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYER BURTON KITFOX MODEL 4-1200
- Reported engine: ROTAX UNKNOWN
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 10 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190403002429I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N76TK, AN AMPHIBIOUS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT KITFOX, WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PRACTICING REPEATED ?TOUCH-AND-GOS? ON A PRIVATE COOLING LAKE FOR A POWER PLANT NEAR MORRIS, IL BEFORE SWITCHING TO LANDING ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER. AFTER SWITCHING TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER, THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND CLIMB ONTO THE FLOATS. NEITHER OCCUPANT WAS INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND WINGS.

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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