# NTSB CEN23LA242: Tipton Kitfox Kitfox IV, N4287Y, Odessa, MO, June 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 17, 2023, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Odessa, MO
- Coordinates: 39.009602, -94.000538
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0096&lon=-94.0005&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: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192388
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA242
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192388/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192388
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA242

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown speed, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent nose over.

## Findings

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

- [Terrain: rough terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Tipton Kitfox KITFOX IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015/cases.md?model=05904RD), [All aircraft, 442 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Tipton Kitfox KITFOX IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=05904RD), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Tipton Kitfox KITFOX IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=05904RD), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/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: [Tipton Kitfox KITFOX IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05904RD), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during landing, the airplane touched down “slightly fast” and the airplane departed the end of the turf runway into an overrun area that had softer ground. When the airplane entered the overrun, it nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4287Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4287Y), registered now, S/N 1661T1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Tipton Kitfox Kitfox IV (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Tipton Kitfox KITFOX IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/tipton-kitfox-kitfox-iv) (registry code 05904RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1661T1
- Year built: 1994
- Airframe hours: 282
- Engines: Rotax 912UL 80 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, February 26, 2023, 5 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 29MO, Rollert Farm, runway 18, 1,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 78; injuries: minor; airline transport, flight instructor, flight engineer; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 4, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 9,189 total, 52 in this make and model, 6,911 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 16,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.89 inHg
- Observed at: KMCI, 38 nm away
- METAR: KMCI 171653Z 13008KT 10SM BKN160 BKN 250 27/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP110 T02720189 $

## 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 20230617006799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230617006799A), Jun 17, 2023: Tipton Kitfox KITFOX IV, Smithville, MO, Substantial damage. According to the pilot, he was taking [privacy data omitted] for a part 91 personal flight. The pilots intention was to initiate and terminate the flight at…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192388. 5.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 4.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15776648&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 645 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15778075&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-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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