- Date
- October 10, 1995, 19:15 local (Oct 11, 1995, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Seminole, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N287WAAdams Kitfox
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951010032029A
- Case key
- 19687
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Probable cause
the pilot's excessive braking.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the pilot applied right rudder and then right brake to correct a 'slight' left turn. He did not 'realize tail was up so high.' The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Factual narrative
On October 10, 1995, at 1915 central daylight time, an Adams Kitfox, N287WA, nosed over during landing near Seminole, Texas. The private pilot received minor injuries and the airplane was substantially damaged. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, during the landing roll, the airplane's "nose went slight left toward side of runway," and he applied right rudder and then right brake. He reported he did not "realize tail was up so high." The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the top of the vertical fin and rudder were crushed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N287WA
- Reported as
- Adams Kitfox
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 79
- Airframe hours
- 218
- Engine
- Rotax 532LC, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kelly D. Hughes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 25, 1995 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- 31F
- Airport
- 31F · Gaines County, runway 17, 4,997 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 20 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.