- Date
- November 23, 1991, 12:03 local (19:03 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66257Kitfox Ten Model 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911123053339A
- Case key
- 41613
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power when it overheated due to low coolant level, which resulted from the inadequate preflight inspection by the pilot. A factor relating to the accident was the obstruction in the landing area.
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 eng quit in cruise flt when it overheated and the pilot made an emergency forced ldg in an open field. The acft impacted a log during ldg gnd roll and nosed over. Exam of the acft revealed the liquid coolant for the eng was low.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66257
- Reported as
- Kitfox Ten Model 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 593
- Engine
- Rotax 582LC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marvin D. Fuell
- Registered owner
- Marvin D. Fuell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 30 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 9 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.