Mudge Ray KIT FOX 5 N84KF

Summary

On 30 August 2012 at about 15:30 local time, a Mudge Ray KIT FOX 5 registered N84KF, operated by Daniel Walker, was involved in an accident near Bowling Green, Ohio, 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

30 August 2012 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bowling Green, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Wood County (1G0)

Coordinates

41.3878, -83.6247

Aircraft

Mudge Ray KIT FOX 5

Registration

N84KF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Daniel Walker

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bowling Green → Bowling Green

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA593

Nobody was injured.

The pilot receiving instruction's excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor was getting the pilot familiarized in his new tail wheel-equipped airplane. A week before the accident, the flight instructor and the pilot flew the airplane and the pilot made several uneventful landings even though the instructor noted that it was difficult to apply pressure on the rudder pedals without engaging the brakes. On the day of the accident, the pilot made two uneventful landings on a hard-surface runway before landing on grass due to a wind shift. The pilot's first grass landing was uneventful. However, on the second landing, the pilot applied too much brake pressure and the airplane nosed over. The flight instructor said the accident happened so fast that he did not have enough time to tell the pilot to get off the brakes.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.