# NTSB FTW01LA056: Neely B D Kit Fox 4, N704KF, Cedar Park, TX, January 27, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 27, 2001, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Cedar Park, TX
- Coordinates: 30.517778, -97.780555
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5178&lon=-97.7806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51749
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW01LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51749/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA056

## Probable cause

the pilot's excessive braking during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot was performing touch-and-go landings in the experimental, tail wheel equipped airplane.  On the final landing, which was to be a full stop landing,  he "braked hard" and the airplane nosed over during rollout.  The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On January 27, 2001, at 1715 central standard time, a Neely B D, Kit Fox 4 homebuilt experimental airplane, N704KF, registered to a private individual and operated by the pilot, was substantially damaged following a nose over while landing on runway 33 at Breakaway Park Airport, Cedar Park, Texas.  The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.  The flight originated from Breakaway Park Airport about 20 minutes prior to the accident.

During a telephone interview with the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the pilot reported that he was in the local traffic pattern performing touch-and-go landings.  He stated that on the final landing, which was to be a full stop landing,  he "braked hard" and the airplane nosed over during rollout.  He also reported that  there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane, and that the accident could have been prevented if he had not worn "construction boots" which diminished his "feel" for the right rudder, as he applied the right brake "by accident."

An FAA inspector, who examined the airplane after the accident, reported that the aircraft's frame (tubular construction) was buckled in the empennage area.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704KF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704KF-2018-05-31), registration cancelled 2018-05-31, S/N 1574, built 1995 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Neely B D Kit Fox 4
- Registry model: [Neely B D KITFOX IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/neely-b-d-kitfox-iv) (registry code 05623DY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1574
- Engines: Rotax 912 80 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Terry L. Wysong
- Registered owner: Dr. Biron Neely
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 5, 2000, 103 hours before
- Departed: 40XS, Cedar Park, TX
- Destination: 40XS
- Airport: 40XS, Breakaway Park Airport, runway 15, 3,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; private, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review March 8, 2000; seat: front; flight hours: 425 total, 98 in this make and model, 385 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: AUS, 15 nm away

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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