20230119001289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mesafox KITFOX · Orlando, FL · January 19, 2023

Date
January 19, 2023 · 11:30 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando International, Fl
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N915KF
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA23LA116
Reported as
Mesafox Kitfox
Reported engine
ROTAX 915 IS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,907 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.

At 16:22Z aircraft privacy data omitted, a Kitfox amphibian amateur homebuilt, parked at signature flight support called Orlando international (mco) ground control west for permission to taxi and was given clearance to taxi to runway 18R via alpha. privacy data omitted Taxied north on the west side of the privacy data omitted and privacy data omitted. On the privacy data omitted ramp privacy data omitted angled toward taxiway alpha. privacy data omitted Was then hit with a severe wind from the south causing the left wing to contact the ground severally damaging the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AT 16:22Z AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A KITFOX AMPHIBIAN AMATEUR HOMEBUILT, PARKED AT SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT CALLED ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL (MCO) GROUND CONTROL WEST FOR PERMISSION TO TAXI AND WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 18R VIA ALPHA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED NORTH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RAMP ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ANGLED TOWARD TAXIWAY ALPHA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THEN HIT WITH A SEVERE WIND FROM THE SOUTH CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND SEVERALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.