# Accident 20240530007339A: Banes John Scott KITFOX SERIES 6, Parowan, UT, May 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2024, 16:10 local time
- Place: Parowan, UT
- Airport: Parowan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8586° N, 112.8174° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8586&lon=-112.8174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N506F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Banes John Scott KITFOX SERIES 6 (registry code 05617TY, https://openairdocs.org/model/banes-john-scott-kitfox-series-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BANES JOHN SCOTT KITFOX SERIES 6
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,411 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240530007339A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR24LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA177), May 30, 2024: Banes John Scott Kitfox Series 6 (N506F), Parowan, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to control the airplane during landing due to tailwheel assembly damage sustained during a previous shimmy event that occurred for reasons that could not be determined based on…

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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