- Date
- April 2, 1990, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Highwood, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N87BSPeterson KIT FOX Model 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900402007489A
- Case key
- 17911
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Probable cause
A premature lift-off by the pilot, resulting in a stall/mush.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Lift-off - prematureCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot reported that shortly after lift-off, the airplane rolled left and that there was insufficient airspeed to roll the wings level.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87BS
- Reported as
- Peterson KIT FOX Model 1 (KIT FOX MO)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Rotax 532UL, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George R. Peterson II
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- Peterson Ranch, runway 17, 2,040 × 50 ft, dirt
N87BSRegistered now · Peterson G R II KITFOX MODEL 1Airframe modelPeterson G R II KITFOX MODEL 1Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 664 total · 63 in this make and model · 567 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.