# Rice Leo B KITFOX SERIES 5

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05609O7
- Manufacturer (registry): RICE LEO B
- Model: KITFOX SERIES 5
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/rice-leo-b-kitfox-series-5

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 ERA12LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA307), Apr 28, 2012: Rice Leo B Kitfox Series 5 (N77LR), Port Canaveral, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Impingement of the elevator control by foreign objects (clamp, glove) left in the flight control path by the pilot/owner or maintenance personnel.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 20120428008059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120428008059A), Apr 28, 2012: Rice Leo B KITFOX SERIES 5 (N77LR), Port Canaveral, FL, Destroyed. An experimental aircraft operator and sole occupant from flagler airport was operating in the Merritt Island/ cape Canaveral area taking pictures, while flying…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Stranix H J/Wilson D L KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/stranix-h-j-wilson-d-l-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601RN
- [Brown Donald R KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-donald-r-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602C4
- [Porter Stephen L KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/porter-stephen-l-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602SA
- [Palmer William KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/palmer-william-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602U0
- [Carlson Steven S KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/carlson-steven-s-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560366
- [Anderson Jerry KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-jerry-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603B6
- [Good G C/Good M J KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/good-g-c-good-m-j-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603DZ
- [Hood Timothy L KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/hood-timothy-l-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603KQ
- [Mapes James A KITFOX 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/mapes-james-a-kitfox-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056046C
- [Ostendorf Robert Lee KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/ostendorf-robert-lee-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604AQ
- [Levoy David Franklin KITFOX 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/levoy-david-franklin-kitfox-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560578
- [Anderson Thomas C KITFOX SERIES 5](https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-thomas-c-kitfox-series-5): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05605CB

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