# NTSB WPR23LA144: Keskimaki Charles A Kitfox, N89CK, Rigby, ID, March 27, 2023 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 27, 2023, 16:40 local (22:40 UTC) - Place: Rigby, ID - Coordinates: 43.64377, -111.92815 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6438&lon=-111.9282&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: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 106996 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR23LA144 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106996/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106996 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA144 ## Probable cause The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. ## 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: [Keskimaki Charles A KITFOX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=05616KH), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Keskimaki Charles A KITFOX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05616KH), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Keskimaki Charles A KITFOX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=05616KH), [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: [Keskimaki Charles A KITFOX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=05616KH), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89CK), registered now, S/N 311, built 1990 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: KESKIMAKI CHARLES A KITFOX - Registry model: [Keskimaki Charles A KITFOX](https://openairdocs.org/model/keskimaki-charles-a-kitfox) (registry code 05616KH) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 311 - Year built: 1990 - Airframe hours: 506 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; 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 - Flight instructor; age 42; injuries: none; 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 ## 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 20230327003859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230327003859A), Mar 27, 2023: Keskimaki Charles A KITFOX, Rigby, ID, Substantial damage. Flight instruction for a tail wheel endorsement. CFI flew in right seat, there were no brakes on the right side. CFI took controls for first couple landings,… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 10, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106996. 4.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 4.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15365367&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR23LA144%20N89CK%206120%20Flat_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 269 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15375236&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Docket%20photo%20WPR23LA144-Rel.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. 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