# NTSB WPR13CA401: Scheel Stanley K KITFOX-SERIES 7, N7075Z, Cascade, ID, September 7, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 7, 2013, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Cascade, ID - Coordinates: 45.15139, -114.992225 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1514&lon=-114.9922&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 19, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - NTSB case key (mKey): 87999 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR13CA401 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87999/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87999 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA401 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in a touchdown short of the runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Scheel Stanley K KITFOX-SERIES 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05615L5), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Scheel Stanley K KITFOX-SERIES 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=05615L5), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Wind: downdraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified; cases with it: [Scheel Stanley K KITFOX-SERIES 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035/cases.md?model=05615L5), [All aircraft, 178 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) (defining event); cases with it: [Scheel Stanley K KITFOX-SERIES 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=05615L5), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Scheel Stanley K KITFOX-SERIES 7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05615L5), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during a landing at a remote dirt airstrip, while on short final, the airplane encountered a downdraft which resulted in a touchdown short of the runway. After impact the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage frame, the rudder, vertical stabilizer, and the engine mounts. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that during a landing at a remote dirt airstrip, while on short final, the airplane encountered a downdraft which resulted in a touchdown short of the runway. After impact the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage frame, the rudder, vertical stabilizer, and the engine mounts. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7075Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7075Z), registered now, S/N S70211-017 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: SCHEEL STANLEY K KITFOX-SERIES 7 - Registry model: [Scheel Stanley K KITFOX-SERIES 7](https://openairdocs.org/model/scheel-stanley-k-kitfox-series-7) (registry code 05615L5) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: S70211-017 - Airframe hours: 785 - Engines: ROTAX 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, October 2, 2012, 115 hours before - Departed: MAN, Nampa, ID - Destination: Cascade, ID - Flight plan: VFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; last flight review July 13, 2013; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 885 total, 785 in this make and model, 825 as pilot in command, 62 in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.11 inHg - Observed at: KMYL, 108 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20130907017839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130907017839A), Sep 7, 2013: Scheel Stanley K KITFOX-SERIES 7, Substantial damage. Aircraft touched down on the north end of the airstrip at the approach end landing uphill without sufficiently compensating for the uphill grade of the… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 22, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87999. 1.6 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40401549&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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