# NTSB ANC25LA053: Frederick Joseph Shiple Kitfox SS7, N84FS, Yellow Pine, ID, June 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 13, 2025, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID · Airport
- Coordinates: 44.974222, -115.72975
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9742&lon=-115.7297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200330
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200330/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200330
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA053

## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive application of the airplane’s wheel brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Frederick Joseph Shiple KITFOX SS7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05639Q6), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Frederick Joseph Shiple KITFOX SS7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=05639Q6), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Frederick Joseph Shiple KITFOX SS7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=05639Q6), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Frederick Joseph Shiple KITFOX SS7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05639Q6), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that the airplane’s approach speed was faster than he expected, and the airplane landed further down the runway than he anticipated. The pilot was concerned with the limited amount of runway remaining during the landing roll and he applied an increasing amount of force to the brakes to stop the airplane. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over and sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and wing lift struts. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84FS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84FS), registered now, S/N 001, built 2020 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FREDERICK JOSEPH SHIPLE KITFOX SS7
- Registry model: [Frederick Joseph Shiple KITFOX SS7](https://openairdocs.org/model/frederick-joseph-shiple-kitfox-ss7) (registry code 05639Q6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912 IS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (registry code 55593, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 001
- Year built: 2020
- Engines: Rotax 912is 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Elk River Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Condition, May 7, 2025, 7 hours before
- Departed: 3U2, Johnson Creek, ID
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 24K, Krassel USFS, runway 17/35, 1,500 × 150 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 1, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,372 total, 277 in this make and model, 1,372 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Turbulence: Light
- Observed at: KMYL, 16 nm away
- METAR: KMYL 131451Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 15/06 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP095 T01500056 50003

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250613010759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250613010759A), Jun 13, 2025: Frederick Joseph Shiple KITFOX SS7, Mccall, ID, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that his approach speed was to fast, when he committed to land. Pilot continued and landed fast. When the pilot applied brakes, the aircraft…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 7, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200330. 10.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 12 pages, 8.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18993198&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N84FS%20%20NTSB%206130.1%20-%20Jun%2017%202025%20-%201-23%20PM_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 2.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18993533&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA053%20Photos-Rel.pdf

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.

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