20240518016179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thomas David KITFOX III · Logan, UT · May 18, 2024

Date
May 18, 2024 · 12:50 local
Place
Logan, UT
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N833DT
Reported as
Thomas David Kitfox III
Reported engine
HKS 700T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

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.

FAA responded to the scene of the incident. By the time the FAA iic arrived at the scene the aircraft had been locked away inside hangar C2 at the Logan airport. The assistant airport manager stated that it seemed like the aircraft was having performance issues. The pilot made 2 laps in the pattern before landing. When the aircraft landed he heard the tire skid and then wittnessed the aircraft flip forward on it's nose. The FBO mechanic stated the tire popped and the aircraft went into the grass on it's nose. He also gave me names of personnel that assisted the pilot and privacy data omitted of the aircraft in getting it off the runway. In interviewing all the names that were given none could positivel identify who the pilot was. The privacy data omitted of the aircraft identified the pilot by name only. The phone number the privacy data omitted gave for the pilot has been disconnected. An inspection of the aicraft revealed propeller damage, left leading edge wing tip damage, right trailing edge wing tip damage, the left side tundra tire was flat. I could not see evidence of the tire being blown out. All attempts to contact the pilot have failed.

As the FAA filed it

FAA RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT. BY THE TIME THE FAA IIC ARRIVED AT THE SCENE THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN LOCKED AWAY INSIDE HANGAR C2 AT THE LOGAN AIRPORT. THE ASSISTANT AIRPORT MANAGER STATED THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THE AIRCRAFT WAS HAVING PERFORMANCE ISSUES. THE PILOT MADE 2 LAPS IN THE PATTERN BEFORE LANDING. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HE HEARD THE TIRE SKID AND THEN WITTNESSED THE AIRCRAFT FLIP FORWARD ON IT'S NOSE. THE FBO MECHANIC STATED THE TIRE POPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS ON IT'S NOSE. HE ALSO GAVE ME NAMES OF PERSONNEL THAT ASSISTED THE PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT IN GETTING IT OFF THE RUNWAY. IN INTERVIEWING ALL THE NAMES THAT WERE GIVEN NONE COULD POSITIVEL IDENTIFY WHO THE PILOT WAS. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT IDENTIFIED THE PILOT BY NAME ONLY. THE PHONE NUMBER THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GAVE FOR THE PILOT HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED. AN INSPECTION OF THE AICRAFT REVEALED PROPELLER DAMAGE, LEFT LEADING EDGE WING TIP DAMAGE, RIGHT TRAILING EDGE WING TIP DAMAGE, THE LEFT SIDE TUNDRA TIRE WAS FLAT. I COULD NOT SEE EVIDENCE OF THE TIRE BEING BLOWN OUT. ALL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE PILOT HAVE FAILED.