# Accident 20240712010529A: Petsche Tim KITFOX SERIES 7, Winfield, KS, July 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2024, 14:26 local time
- Place: Winfield, KS
- Airport: Strother Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1724° N, 97.0341° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1724&lon=-97.0341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1078P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1078P-2025-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Petsche Tim KITFOX SERIES 7 (registry code 05614RJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/petsche-tim-kitfox-series-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PETSCHE TIM KITFOX SERIES 7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 658 total, 165 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240712010529A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/12/2024 AN PETSCHE TIM/KITFOX SERIES 7 WAS CONDUCTING LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 17 AT STROTHER FIELD, WINFIELD, KANSAS AT APPROXIMATELY 14:21 LOCAL TIME. THE WIND WAS 190 DEGREES 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS RESULTING IN A RIGHT CROSSWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 9 KNOTS. DURING THE ROLLOUT THE COMMERCIAL PILOT EXPERIENCE THE RIGHT WING RISING AND APPLIED FULL RIGHT AILERON AND RUDDER INCREASING POWER. THE PILOT INTENDED TO CONDUCT A GO AROUND BUT AFTER APPLYING FULL POWER REDUCED POWER TO IDLE. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE PROPELLER, LEFT WING, AIRFRAME.

## 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 CEN24LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA262), Jul 12, 2024: Skystar Kitfox (N1078P), Hackney, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in a gusting wind condition.

## Other reports on N1078P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040709012449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040709012449A), Jul 9, 2004: Amtr KITFOXSERIE7 (N1078P), Arlington, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he conducted a normal approach, and made a normal landing on the main wheels. Aircraft began to porpoise, and subsequently ground…

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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