# NTSB WPR15CA011: Foxair Kitfox Light Sport, N725KA, Nampa, ID, October 12, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 12, 2014, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Nampa, ID - Coordinates: 43.58139, -116.523056 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5814&lon=-116.5231&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - Status: Completed, report January 12, 2015 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - NTSB case key (mKey): 90244 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR15CA011 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90244/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90244 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA011 ## Probable cause The instructor's inadequate supervision and the student's failure to maintain directional control. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The certified flight instructor (CFI) stated that the student had landed the airplane on the runway when it unexpectedly veered to the left approximately 20 degrees. The CFI called for power, instructing the student to abort the landing. The student applied full power and the airplane started to get airborne when it suddenly nosed over. The CFI stated that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. ## Factual narrative The certified flight instructor (CFI) stated that the student had landed the airplane on the runway when it unexpectedly veered to the left approximately 20 degrees. The CFI called for power, instructing the student to abort the landing. The student applied full power and the airplane started to get airborne when it suddenly nosed over. The CFI stated that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: N725KA (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: FOXAIR LLC KITFOX LIGHT SPORT (NO SERIES) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: KA11242203 - Year built: 2012 - Airframe hours: 1294.6 - Engines: Rotax 914UL 115 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2014 - Departed: KBOI, Boise, ID - Destination: KMAN, Nampa, ID - Airport: KMAN, Nampa Municipal, runway 29, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 62; injuries: minor; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 24, 2014; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,198 total, 43 in this make and model - Student pilot; age 63; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 330° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.20 inHg - Observed at: KMAN ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 16, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90244. 916 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 841 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40420064&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1 - Wreckage (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 75 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40420065&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Wreckage%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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