20240530007339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Banes John Scott KITFOX SERIES 6 · Parowan, UT · May 30, 2024

Date
May 30, 2024 · 16:10 local
Place
Parowan, UT
Airport
Parowan
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N506F
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR24LA177
Reported as
Banes John Scott Kitfox Series 6
Reported engine
ROTAX 912
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,411 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.

Pilot was landing at airport 1L9 and lost control for undetremined reasons. Aircraft departed runway to the left. The right main gear collapsed and the right wing struck the ground sustaining spar damage mid wing.

Pilot stated he was stopping for fuel on last leg of a flight to las vegas and that he touched down about 500 feet prior to midfield on runway 22. Pilot reported he applied brakes and that the left wheel locked up.

NTSB has not examined left wheel and brake as of this date.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING AT AIRPORT 1L9 AND LOST CONTROL FOR UNDETREMINED REASONS. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND SUSTAINING SPAR DAMAGE MID WING.

PILOT STATED HE WAS STOPPING FOR FUEL ON LAST LEG OF A FLIGHT TO LAS VEGAS AND THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 500 FEET PRIOR TO MIDFIELD ON RUNWAY 22. PILOT REPORTED HE APPLIED BRAKES AND THAT THE LEFT WHEEL LOCKED UP.

NTSB HAS NOT EXAMINED LEFT WHEEL AND BRAKE AS OF THIS DATE.

NTSB investigation

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