- Date
- February 19, 2022, 17:20 local (Feb 20, 2022, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · KDVT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1248Kitfox S7
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220219002159A
- Case key
- 104701
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that during landing, the airplane touched down on the asphalt runway and bounced. The airplane veered left and exited the runway and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to forward left wing lift strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1248
- Reported as
- Kitfox S7 (SS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- KA18066364
- Built
- 2018
- Airframe hours
- 0
- Engine
- Rotax 912 ULS, 155 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · May 8, 2021
- Departed
- BXK · Buckeye, AZ
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- DVT · Phoenix Deer Valley, runway 7R, 8,196 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot
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
- 73
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Sport pilot, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 14,435 total · 42.8 in this make and model · 10,672 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 21.6 in the last 30 days · 2.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Observed at
- KDVT
- METAR
- KDVT 200053Z 21004KT 10SM CLR 23/M08 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02281083
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.