- Date
- June 4, 2022, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Marcos, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N596JWKitfox Model 2
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220604009669A
- Case key
- 105277
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 the landing roll.
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 the landing roll the airplane veered slightly to the right, and he overcorrected. The airplane ground looped, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the right-wing tip struck the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N596JW
- Reported as
- Kitfox Model 2 (596)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 596
- Built
- 1990
- Airframe hours
- 610
- Engine
- Rotax UL58290, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · September 4, 2021
- Departed
- KHYI · San Marcos Regional Airport, TX
- Airport
- KHYI · San Marcos Rgnl, runway 08, 6,330 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 29, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 187.6 total · 39.3 in this make and model · 140.4 as pilot in command · 3.9 in the last 90 days · 1.6 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.83 inHg
- Observed at
- KHYI
- METAR
- METAR KHYI 041856Z 08004KT 10SM CLR 32/19 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP093 T03170189=
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 24, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 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.