# NTSB WPR25LA245: Denney Kitfox, N300KF, Parma, ID, August 8, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: August 8, 2025, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Parma, ID
- Coordinates: 43.771041, -116.93065
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7710&lon=-116.9306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA245
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200756/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA245

## Preliminary report

On August 8, 2025, about 1120 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Kitfox airplane, N300KF, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Parma, Idaho. The pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that after an uneventful 2 hour flight, he was on the base leg of the traffic pattern with the engine operating at 3,000 rpm when it abruptly lost all power. He then advanced the throttle, but the engine did not respond. The pilot noted that the engine did not sputter or exhibit any unusual sounds before the engine lost power. With insufficient altitude to reach the runway, he selected a nearby pasture and performed a forced landing. During the landing roll, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The pilot additionally stated that he did not have sufficient time to restart the engine before the airplane touched down. The airplane was recovered to a secure location for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N300KF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DENNEY KITFOX (IV)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: C9904-0300
- Year built: 2006
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Airport: 50S, Parma, runway 12/30, 2,700 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.17 inHg
- Observed at: KEUL, 15 nm away
- METAR: KEUL 081756Z AUTO 26011KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP201 6//// T02220061 10222 20122 58000 PNO $

## 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 20250808010779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250808010779A), Aug 8, 2025: Nill William H CLASSIC IV, Parma, ID, Substantial damage. On the morning of 08/08/2025 an amateur build kit fox was practicing touch and goes at 50S airport in Parma Idaho. While in approach phase, the pilot had…

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.

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