- Date
- July 9, 2024, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tok, AK · TOK junction airport
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N876AKFoxair Kitfox S7 Supersport
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240709008099A
- Case key
- 194665
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with a crosswind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during takeoff with a strong right crosswind, the right wing “lifted sharply” and the left wing impacted the ground. The airplane continued off the left side of the runway and came to rest about 150 ft from the edge of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N876AK
- Reported as
- Foxair Kitfox S7 Supersport
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- KA13363280
- Built
- 2015
- Airframe hours
- 417.7
- Engine
- Rotax 914-UL, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · June 17, 2024
- Departed
- PAMR · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- PFTO · Tok Junction Airport, runway 8, 2,509 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Satellite tracking device, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 74
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 2, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,256 total · 283 in this make and model · 1,055 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.70 inHg
- Observed at
- PABI, 84 nm away
- METAR
- PABI 091853Z 09008KT 10SM SCT080 SCT120 OVC180 15/09 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP060 ACSL DSNT S T01500089
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 28, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 15.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.