Kilpatrick IV-1200 N843K

Summary

On 14 August 1999 at about 21:00 local time, a Kilpatrick IV-1200 registered N843K was involved in an accident near Springerville, Arizona, United States. 2 people were 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

14 August 1999 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Springerville, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Springerville (Q35)

Coordinates

34.0394, -109.1997

Aircraft

Kilpatrick IV-1200

Registration

N843K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springerville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX99LA324

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control resulting in an inadvertent groundloop. A factor was muddy terrain by the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the transition to tail down during the landing rollout the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and ground looped. The pilot completed nine touch-and-go landings, and planned to make this landing a full stop. As the airplane left the paved surface, one wheel dug into the wet dirt by the runway and it ground looped, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing spar.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.