# Accident 20250329004529A: Park Roderic B KITFOX IV, Pinal, AZ, March 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2025, 10:23 local time
- Place: Pinal, AZ
- Airport: Pinal Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4102° N, 111.2202° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4102&lon=-111.2202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70265, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70265) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Park Roderic B KITFOX IV (registry code 05605D7, https://openairdocs.org/model/park-roderic-b-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PARK RODERIC B KITFOX IV
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250329004529A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED 4AZ8 INTENDING TO PERFORM TOUCH-AND-GO OPERATIONS AND PRACTICE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AT PINAL AIR PARK (MZJ). WHILE EN ROUTE TO MZJ, THE PILOT IDENTIFIED SEVERAL DIRT LANDING AREAS SUITABLE FOR PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDINGS. AFTER CONDUCTING A LOW-ALTITUDE FLY-BY AND DETERMINING A LANDING ZONE (LZ) WAS SAFE, THE PILOT PROCEEDED WITH A TOUCHDOWN. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WOODEN STUMP PROTRUDING FROM THE GROUND, RESULTING IN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARING OFF.

DESPITE THE LOSS OF LANDING GEAR, THE PILOT INITIALLY MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, ATTEMPTING TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT AND LEVEL. HOWEVER, AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN LISTING TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE TERRAIN. THIS GROUND CONTACT LED TO THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER AND COMING TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 WPR25LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA123), Mar 29, 2025: Park Roderic B Kitfox IV (N70265), Marana, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an obstacle while performing an off-airport landing.

## Other reports on N70265 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050406005069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050406005069A), Apr 6, 2005: Amtr KITFOXIV (N70265), Eagle Point, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) N70265, an amateur built Kitfox iv, departed beagle skyranch airport to the south. The pilot claimed that the aircraft suffered a partial power loss at…

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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