McDaniels KITFOX CLASSIC IV N6261M

Summary

On 16 July 2005 at about 15:05 local time, a McDaniels KITFOX CLASSIC IV registered N6261M was involved in an accident near Bagley, Minnesota, 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

16 July 2005 at 15:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Bagley, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Bagley Municipal Airport (7Y4)

Coordinates

47.5250, -95.3608

Aircraft

McDaniels KITFOX CLASSIC IV

Registration

N6261M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bagley → Bagley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI05CA187

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent lift-off and failure to maintain adequate airspeed while recovering from a loss of directional control during landing. Contributing factors to the accident were the pilot's inadequate wind compensation and failure to maintain aircraft directional control during landing. An additional factor was the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action during the landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The tailwheel airplane veered off the runway during landing, became airborne again and subsequently stalled and impacted the terrain. The purpose of the flight was for the pilot/owner to receive a flight review and dual instruction in his recently purchased airplane. The pilot stated that after touchdown on runway 14 the airplane "started to weathervane to the left." He reported that he used engine power and right rudder in an attempt to realign the airplane with the runway, but the airplane "veered quickly to the right and became airborne." He stated that when he initiated a "shallow turn" to avoid some trees off the right side of the runway the airplane "stalled and impacted the ground." The prevailing surface wind was from the east-southeast around 10 knots, with no gusts reported. The pilot reported that during the previous landing there was "some crosswind from the left" but it was "controllable."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.