# Accident 20210924021669A: Bach Joseph E KITFOX IV, Ozark, AR, September 24, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2021, 13:45 local time
- Place: Ozark, AR
- Airport: Byrd'S Backcounrtry Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6785° N, 93.7286° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6785&lon=-93.7286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N161JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bach Joseph E KITFOX IV (registry code 05623AP, https://openairdocs.org/model/bach-joseph-e-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BACH JOSEPH E KITFOX IV
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA454) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210924021669A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 ON OR ABOUT 1345 CST, AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, KITFOX IV, N616JB, WAS ON A PRACTICE RUN FOR A STOL COMPETITION AT BYRD'S BACKCOUNTRY AIRSTRIP 51AR.  IT DEPARTED THE SECOND RUNWAY ON THE COURSE, TRAVELER (APPROXIMATELY 200 HEADING), AND WAS MAKING A LOW AND SLOW LEFT TURN BACK TO CROSS RUNWAY (APPROXIMATELY 350 HEADING).  THE AIRCRAFT GOT LOW AND SLOW IN THE LEFT TURN AND STARTED TO STALL.  THE AIRMEN PUSHED THE NOSE FORWARD IN THE ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED THE TIME.  PILOT WAS THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD, WEARING A HELMET AND OPERATING WITHIN THE STOL OPERATING GUIDELINES OF THE EVENT.   THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN21LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA454), Sep 24, 2021: Kitfox IV (N161JB), Ozark, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain altitude after the airplane encountered a downdraft while he intentionally flew at a low-altitude during a practice for a short-takeoff-and-landing flight…

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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