# NTSB CHI94LA120: Defelici Kitfox III, N596D, Oxford, IA, March 20, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 20, 1994, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Oxford, IA - Coordinates: 41.720809, -91.78057 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7208&lon=-91.7806&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 24, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9495 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA120 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9495/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA120 ## Probable cause the failure of the pilot-in-command (CFI) to maintain directional control. A factor related to the accident was the inadvertent interference with the flight controls by the student pilot. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - control interference - inadvertent, dual student (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The certified flight instructor was attempting to land the airplane after the student pilot's first instructional flight. During the landing attempt a gust of wind raised the left wing. The flight instructor could not level the wings because the student had his leg against the control stick. The instructor landed in a soft field next to the runway, and the airplane nosed-over. ## Factual narrative On March 20, 1994, at 1100 central standard time, a Defelici Kit Fox III, sustained substantial damage when it nosed-over after the pilot lost control of the airplane on landing at the Green Castle Airport, Oxford, Iowa. Neither the certified flight instructor nor the student aboard the airplane were injured. No flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The flight instructor reported a gust of wind lifted the left wing as he was attempting to land, and the student's leg against the control stick prevented him from levelling the wings. He stated he told the student to get his leg off the stick, and attempted to land the airplane in a field beside the runway. He said the airplane nosed-over on touchdown. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N596D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N596D-2008-02-07), registration cancelled 2008-02-07, S/N 802 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DEFELICI KITFOX III (KITFOX II) - Registry model: [Defelici Dan A KITFOX III](https://openairdocs.org/model/defelici-dan-a-kitfox-iii) (registry code 056184S) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 802 - Airframe hours: 172 - Engines: ROTAX 582UL 65 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Green Castle Aero Club, Ltd. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, November 3, 1993, 77 hours before - Airport: IA24, Green Castle, runway 15, 2,600 × 25 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 547 total, 36 in this make and model, 508 as pilot in command, 44 in the last 90 days, 44 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 27 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: CI, 8 nm away ## 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 19940320006519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940320006519A), Mar 20, 1994: Amtrdf KITFOX, Oxford, IA, Substantial damage. CFI landing wind gust lifted a wing unable level wings due student legs block control stick. Nosed over off runway. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.