20210405005079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Parisien Victor KITFOX IV · Spartanburg, SC · April 5, 2021

Date
April 5, 2021 · 15:50 local
Place
Spartanburg, SC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N318VK
Reported as
Parisien Victor Kitfox IV
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

While entering traffic pattern the engine started losing power. Pilot made an off airport landing, the surface was ridged causing aircraft to nose over inverted.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ENTERING TRAFFIC PATTERN THE ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER. PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING, THE SURFACE WAS RIDGED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER INVERTED.