- Date
- October 24, 1992, 11:01 local (17:01 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N130TMarcy Kitfox IV
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921024043159A
- Case key
- 18260
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall. A factor was: the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane.
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 pilot was planning to purchase the homebuilt airplane. The owner said he gave the pilot permission to taxi the airplane around the ramp, but did not give him permission to fly. The airplane was seen to take off and attain a nose high attitude. One witness said the airplane was flying 'slowly' and it appeared the pilot was not 'in full lateral control.' Another witness said it appeared the pilot was making 'a lot of small control adjustments, like he was busy keeping it where he wanted it, but it was under control.' The first witness said the airplane did 'a classic departure stall,' went inverted, and entered a flat spin. Another witness saw the airplane spin to the ground. Two other witnesses reported that the airplane nosed down to impact. No airframe, engine, propeller, or flight control discrepancies were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N130T
- Reported as
- Marcy Kitfox IV
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1608
- Airframe hours
- 40
- Engine
- Rotax 912, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marcy, Douglas, doing business as Accipitor Aviation
- Registered owner
- Marcy, Douglas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 27, 1992 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 2V2
- Destination
- 2V2
- Airport
- 2V2 · Vance Brand Airport, runway 29, 4,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 16 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.