- Date
- August 2, 2004, 19:35 local (Aug 3, 2004, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Westfield, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N197BRSkystar Kitfox
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- INDIANAPOLIS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE
- FAA report
- 20040802028849A
- Case key
- 60246
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Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft made two bounced landings and the right wing stalled and struck the runway.
Factual narrative
On August 2, 2004 at 1935 central standard time, an amateur-built Skystar Kitfox Series 5 airplane, N197BR, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during landing on runway 18 at the Westfield Airport, Westfield, Indiana. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The pilot, the only occupant, was not injured. The flight departed Westfield Airport for a local flight about five minutes before the accident.
The pilot reported the weather was good with ten miles visibility and winds from the southwest at 2 knots. The pilot was conducting short field landing practice and bounced twice and lost airspeed. The aircraft stalled to the right and the right wing struck the ground. The pilot's safety recommendations were "increased airspeed on final"
Aircraft
- Registration
- N197BR
- Reported as
- Skystar Kitfox
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 9602-0173
- Airframe hours
- 291
- Engine
- Rotax 912VL, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alton E. Purcifull, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2003 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- Westfield, IN
- Destination
- I7Z · Westfield, IN
- Airport
- I72 · Westfield, runway 18, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 18 in this make and model · 218 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.