# Accident 20240920020849A: Rudder Dwight K KITFOX IV 1200 SPDST, Cleburne, TX, September 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2024, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cleburne, TX
- Airport: Hodges Air Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3583° N, 97.3019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3583&lon=-97.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16KR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16KR-2025-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rudder Dwight K KITFOX IV 1200 SPDST (registry code 05624RR, https://openairdocs.org/model/rudder-dwight-k-kitfox-iv-1200-spdst) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RUDDER DWIGHT K KITFOX IV 1200 SPDST
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,854 total, 90 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA363) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240920020849A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERFORMED A LOW LEVEL PASS OVER THE RUNWAY AND LOST LIFT, LANDING ON A NEARBY FENCE. PILOT SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT INJURY. PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURY.

## 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 CEN24LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA363), Sep 21, 2024: Kitfox IV 1200 Spdst (N16KR), Cleburne, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N16KR (1)

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

- [Accident 20170905020719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170905020719A), Sep 5, 2017: Rudder Dwight K KITFOX IV 1200 SPDST (N16KR), Raymond, MS, Substantial damage. Pilot reported that around 6:30 pm, on September 05, 2017 aircraft registration number N16KR lost engine power at about 250 ft on climb out from his home field…

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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