# NTSB MIA88LA152: Denney Kitfox, N84DD, Lakeland, FL, April 16, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 16, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Coordinates: 27.979293, -82.01078 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9793&lon=-82.0108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32167
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32167/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA152

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, maneuvering
  - mixture - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING IN THE HOMEBUILT ACFT AREA AT THE 'SUN AND FUN FLY IN' WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO LAND IN A FIELD, WHICH HE COULDN'T MAKE, AND CAME TO REST IN SOME SCRUB TREES. THE PLT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL MIXTURE SINCE HE HAD BEEN IN FLORIDA AND THAT WAS THE REASON THE ENGINE QUIT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N84DD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DENNEY KITFOX
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number: 006
- Engines: KFM 112M 62 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Larry D. Denney
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport: LAL, Lakeland Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,047 total, 700 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAL

## 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 19880416045599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880416045599A), Apr 16, 1988: Amtrdf KITFOX, Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit in pattern. Landed in some scrub trees. Had prior engine mixture control problems beleived a factor.

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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