# Accident 20251018017789A: Roderick James Willmore KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT, Killgore, ID, October 18, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2025, 13:30 local time
- Place: Killgore, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4013° N, 111.8897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4013&lon=-111.8897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roderick James Willmore KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT (registry code 056396L, https://openairdocs.org/model/roderick-james-willmore-kitfox-s7-supersport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 series (registry code 55606, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RODERICK JAMES WILLMORE KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,065 total, 262 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251018017789A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/18/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930Z (1330 LCL), N98RW, A KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT, LOST CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ON A DIRT ROAD APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES NE OF DUBOIS AIRPORT (U41) IN KILLGORE, IDAHO. THE PIC STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO SET THE TRIM FOR TAKEOFF AND NOTICED DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. HE SAID AS HE WAS ADJUSTING THE STICK FOR THE PRESSURE NEEDED TO ROTATE, THE GRIP ON THE STICK CAME OFF AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE PLANE. HE STATED THAT HE PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK TO REGAIN SOME CONTROL, BUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT THROUGH A BORROW PIT, HITTING THE WING TIP. AS THE PLANE EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP, IT TIPPED ON THE NOSE AND BROKE THE PROPELLOR HUB AND TWO OF THE PROPELLERS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE LEFT WINGTIP BREAKING OFF AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FABRIC OF THE WING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT WAS BENT AND DAMAGED AND THE PROPELLER HUB WAS BROKEN AND TWO PROPELLER BLADES WERE BROKEN. THERE WERE NO 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 WPR26LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA029), Oct 18, 2025: Roderick James Willmore Kitfox S7 Supersport (N98RW), Kilgore, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the separation of the control stick grip.

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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