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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Kjelsrud Gary KITFOX · Pahrump, NV · July 6, 2020

Date
July 6, 2020 · 06:50 local
Place
Pahrump, NV
Airport
Calvada Meadows
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N605GK
Reported as
Kjelsrud Gary Kitfox
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was practicing fast taxi procedures on runway 15. When he added power, the aircraft veered hard to the right and ran off the runway and crossed over the taxiway into the dirt hitting several small bush's causing a ground loop. There is minor damage to the fabric on left side of the fuselage, and fabric on the right wing. Damage to the prop and left main tire and wheel assembly.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING FAST TAXI PROCEDURES ON RUNWAY 15. WHEN HE ADDED POWER, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND CROSSED OVER THE TAXIWAY INTO THE DIRT HITTING SEVERAL SMALL BUSH'S CAUSING A GROUND LOOP. THERE IS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FABRIC ON LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, AND FABRIC ON THE RIGHT WING. DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND LEFT MAIN TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

Other reports on N605GK · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.