# Accident 20240627008189A: Douglas D Ritter DESERT FOX 1, Calhan, CO, June 27, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2024, 11:36 local time
- Place: Calhan, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs East
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8740° N, 104.4089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8740&lon=-104.4089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10ZR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10ZR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas D Ritter DESERT FOX 1 (registry code 05636E3, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-d-ritter-desert-fox-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS D RITTER DESERT FOX 1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 21 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240627008189A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1736Z, AN AMATEUR BUILT EXPIREMENTAL DESERT FOX AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 17L, WHICH IS A DIRT RUNWAY. DURIING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL THEN IMPACTED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 9 TIMES BEFORE ABORTING THE TAKEOFF ATTEMPT. THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED STRAIGHT AND OFF OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO ROUGH TERRAIN. THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FLIPPED OVER LONGITUDINALLY AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN24LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA244), Jun 27, 2024: Desert Fox 1 (N10ZR), Ellicott, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff with a quartering tailwind and high density altitude which resulted in a runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the right main axle mount due…

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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