Denney KITFOX MDL CLASSICIV N111YT

Summary

On 28 February 2019 at about 19:35 local time, a Denney KITFOX MDL CLASSICIV registered N111YT was involved in an accident near Floodwood, Minnesota, 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

28 February 2019 at 19:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Floodwood, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Pvt (PVT)

Coordinates

46.9769, -92.8300

Aircraft

Denney KITFOX MDL CLASSICIV

Registration

N111YT

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cloquet → Floodwood

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA154

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's loss of lateral control while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a nose-over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing in a crosswind, he planned to touch down 2 ft past the beginning of the compacted, snow-covered, private airstrip. He added that, "in order to perform [the short field landing, he] chose to ride the tires just over the terrain until touchdown." He reported further that, after the front main landing gear touched down, a wind gust picked up the right wing, the left tire sank in the snow, and the airplane decelerated and then nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were not preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that the wind at the accident location, about the time of the accident, was from 230° at 9 knots, gusting to 15 knots. The pilot was landing the airplane to the southwest on a 210° heading.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.