20191020021949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Kitfox · Flanigan, NV · October 20, 2019

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Date: October 20, 2019 · 10:15 local
Place: Flanigan, NV
Airport: Dead Cow Dry Lake
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: C-GPMT
Reported as: Kitfox
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

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What happened

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The canadian certified pilot was making an off airport landing next to the Dead cow airport 35 miles north of reno, Nevada. The aircraft touched down normally, and rolled over an unseen berm. The front oversized low pressure tires rolled over the berm, but when the rear wheel struck the berm, it pitched the tail up, causing the nose to impact the ground, followed by nosing over onto its top.

As the FAA filed it

THE CANADIAN CERTIFIED PILOT WAS MAKING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING NEXT TO THE DEAD COW AIRPORT 35 MILES NORTH OF RENO, NEVADA. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY, AND ROLLED OVER AN UNSEEN BERM. THE FRONT OVERSIZED LOW PRESSURE TIRES ROLLED OVER THE BERM, BUT WHEN THE REAR WHEEL STRUCK THE BERM, IT PITCHED THE TAIL UP, CAUSING THE NOSE TO IMPACT THE GROUND, FOLLOWED BY NOSING OVER ONTO ITS TOP.