# Incident 20241129020329I: Hansche Bruce D KITFOX, Edgewood, NM, November 29, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2024, 10:15 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Airport: Sandia Airpark Estates East
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0946° N, 106.1646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDIA AIRPARK ESTATES EAST (1N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0946&lon=-106.1646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N138H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N138H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hansche Bruce D KITFOX (registry code 056162G, https://openairdocs.org/model/hansche-bruce-d-kitfox) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HANSCHE BRUCE D KITFOX
- Reported engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 650 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241129020329I

## Narrative

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

ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 29, 2024 AT AIRPORT 1N1, A PILOT HOLDING A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE, WAS PERFORMING TAXI AND FLIGHT TESTS OF A KITFOX AIRPLANE CERTIFICATED EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT.  TESTING WAS DUE TO NEW TIRES BEING INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT BUILT THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CERTIFICATED IN MAY OF 1991.

AFTER PERFORMING BOTH TAIL DOWN AND TAIL UP TAXI TESTS, A SUCCESSFUL TAKEOFF AND 3 POINT LANDING WAS COMPLETED.  AFTER A SECOND TAKEOFF A WHEEL LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON 1N1 RUNWAY 27.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST AND IT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE NORTH.  THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO IT, TO THE PROPELLER, AND LEFT-WING TIP.  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED NOR WAS THERE ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT BUILDER STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS ORIGINAL TYPE TIRES WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.  THE NEWLY INSTALLED TIRES WERE ABOUT 1 INCH LARGER IN DIAMETER THAN THE ORIGINAL TYPE AND A BIT WIDER.  DURING THE TAXI TESTS THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED A BIT LESS STABLE BUT HE FELT IT WAS CONTROLLABLE.                                               JRK

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