Kitfox CLASC IV-1200 N239DA

Summary

On 27 December 2025 at about 16:00 local time, a Kitfox CLASC IV-1200 registered N239DA was involved in an accident near Hudson, Colorado, 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

27 December 2025 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hudson, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Platte Valley Airpark (18V)

Coordinates

40.1011, -104.7013

Aircraft

Kitfox CLASC IV-1200

Registration

N239DA

Category

Airplane

Year built

2004

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boulder → Hudson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN26LA068

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing to the east on the turf runway for the third time; the previous two landings were uneventful. During the landing roll, the airplane rolled over the bumpy turf surface, the empennage came up, and the airplane’s nose moved down. The pilot attempted to correct the nose down condition with an elevator input. When the airplane traveled over the paved taxiway that intersected the runway, the pilot opined that it exacerbated the situation. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted. The fuselage, vertical stabilizer, and rudder sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot stated that taxiway that crossed the runway was raised relative to the runway surface; however, he did not feel that the difference was the reason for the nose over. The airport facility directory noted that the turf surface was in fair condition, the runway was not maintained in winter, and that a taxiway intersected the turf runway at midfield.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.