- Date
- March 27, 2023, 16:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Rigby, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89CKKeskimaki Charles A Kitfox
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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
- 20230327003859A
- Case key
- 106996
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Probable cause
The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
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 flight instructor of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that the airplane swerved slightly to the left during landing roll on an instructional flight with a pilot receiving instruction at the controls. After the tailwheel touched the ground, the pilot receiving instruction attempted to control the left swerve with the right rudder. This resulted in the airplane veering to the right side of the runway and colliding with a snowbank. The airplane subsequently nosed over substantially damaging the fuselage, right wing strut and vertical stabilizer. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89CK
- Reported as
- Keskimaki Charles A Kitfox
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 311
- Built
- 1990
- Airframe hours
- 506
- Engine
- Rotax 582UL, 66 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Baler Caleb
- Registered owner
- Baler Caleb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · February 4, 2023 · 2.3 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- U56 · Rigby, runway 19, 3,727 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 27, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 1 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- April 15, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 3,945 total · 1 in this make and model · 2,735 as pilot in command · 42.5 in the last 90 days · 11.2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.32 inHg
- Observed at
- KIDA, 10 nm away
- METAR
- KIDA 272253Z 30004KT 10SM OVC033 M02/M06 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP313 T10221061
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 10, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.3 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.