# Drake KITFOX SPEEDSTER

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 059003K
- Manufacturer (registry): DRAKE
- Model: KITFOX SPEEDSTER
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · 4 cycle
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Light sport
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/drake-kitfox-speedster

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 CEN17LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA001), Oct 1, 2016: Drake Kitfox Speedster (N157D), Jennings, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and subsequent aerodynamic stall.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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.

- [Accident 20161001016119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161001016119A), Oct 1, 2016: Drake KITFOX SPEEDSTER (N157D), Jennings, LA, Destroyed. The aircraft was departing north on grass runway 35. The aircraft became airborne at 700 ft. 1100 Feet down the rumway at approximately 75FT AGL the aircraft's…
- [Incident 20150226003779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150226003779I), Feb 26, 2015: Drake KITFOX SPEEDSTER (N157D), Sicily Island, LA, Minor damage. N157D, on 26 feb 2017, experienced left MLG collapse due to failure of bungy chord after landing on a private grass strip near Sicily Island, LA. This chord…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Hall Thomas K KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/hall-thomas-k-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056011U
- [Barnett C/Wilson J N KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/barnett-c-wilson-j-n-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602MS
- [Phillips Paul Henry KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/phillips-paul-henry-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602WJ
- [Tresner Dean G KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/tresner-dean-g-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602YA
- [Lipscomb John J III KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/lipscomb-john-j-iii-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603GC
- [Schieber Larry D KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/schieber-larry-d-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05605OG
- [Mcgowan Michael R KITFOX-SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcgowan-michael-r-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05623MW
- [Noragon Russell L KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/noragon-russell-l-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05623T3
- [Crocker Steve KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/crocker-steve-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05623UZ
- [Short Interest KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/short-interest-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05623XV
- [Kelly Hogan KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/kelly-hogan-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05624ZX
- [Maroz Howard KITFOX SPEEDSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/maroz-howard-kitfox-speedster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05625LZ

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