# NTSB SEA86FYA01: World Wide Industries Spit Fire #2, Caldwell, ID, January 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1986, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Caldwell, ID
- Coordinates: 43.659606, -116.630653 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6596&lon=-116.6307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40308
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86FYA01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40308/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FYA01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, approach
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF THIS ULTRALIGHT SAID THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE RPM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN DAMAGED DURING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED BUT THE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THIS ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION EXEMPTION AND WAS CONSIDERED AN UNCERTIFIED EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT. NO REASON FOR THE POWER LOSS WAS DETERMINED DURING A SUCCESSFUL POST ACCIDENT ENGINE RUN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: World Wide Industries SPIT FIRE #2 (SPIT FIRE)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 150
- Engines: Rotax UNK 52 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mike Kiddleton
- Departed: U-35, CALDWELL, ID
- Airport: U3, Caldwell Industrial, runway 30, 4,700 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; seat: left; flight hours: 105 total, 105 in this make and model, 100 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
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 25 °F

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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