Firm KIT FOX 4-1200 N598HL

Summary

On 15 June 2002 at about 19:00 local time, a Firm KIT FOX 4-1200 registered N598HL was involved in an accident near Virginia, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 June 2002 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Virginia, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

47.5096, -92.4997

Aircraft

Firm KIT FOX 4-1200

Registration

N598HL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tower → Eveleth

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02LA165

Nobody was injured.

An in-flight collision with a bird that resulted in severed fuel lines and the subsequent in-flight fire and loss of engine power. A factor in the accident was the soft terrain condition.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While in cruise flight the amateur built airplane impacted a bird which severed the fuel primer line and its supply line, resulting in an in-flight fire and loss of engine power. The pilot reported, "I made a steep, descending right turn back to the lakebed." The pilot stated that during landing the "right main entered a wet area and dug in and flipped the plane onto its back." The airplane was destroyed during a post-impact fire. The pilot reported that he found the charred remains of a bird among the engine remains. The pilot stated that the propeller spinner had impact damage and the fuel primer line and its supply line were severed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.