Iverslie KIT FOX N596AK

Summary

On 31 July 1997 at about 21:30 local time, a Iverslie KIT FOX registered N596AK was involved in an accident near Chugiak, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 July 1997 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Chugiak, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Birchwood (BCV)

Coordinates

61.4094, -149.1708

Aircraft

Iverslie KIT FOX

Registration

N596AK

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC97LA113

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot was conducting touch-and-go landings in the tailwheel-equipped homebuilt airplane. Before the accident landing, the pilot decided to deploy the airplane's flaperons at an intermediate setting. After the airplane touched down, and while traveling about 30 knots, he retracted the flaperons. The airplane then swerved to the right and ground looped. The right main landing gear was bent and broken. The right wing struck the ground, bending the wing spar. The pilot had accrued 88.7 hours of total aeronautical experience, with about 25 hours of experience in the accident airplane since it was built. The accident flight was the first use of the flaperons. The pilot reported the use of flaperons limits the effectiveness of the ailerons. Once the flaperons are retracted, the ailerons regain their full authority.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.