Audenried KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT N13NZ

Summary

On 3 November 2018 at about 17:00 local time, a Audenried KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT registered N13NZ was involved in an accident near Flanigan, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 November 2018 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Flanigan, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

40.1064, -119.8728

Aircraft

Audenried KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT

Registration

N13NZ

Category

Airplane

Year built

2018

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reno/Stead Airp → Reno/Stead Airp

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR19TA018

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a sharp turn at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot reported that he took off from a dry lake bed with a second airplane for people on the ground to visually compare the two. After a normal flight, the second airplane landed. The pilot flew past the landing spot, pulled into a nose-high attitude, and made a rapid left turn. He pushed on the left rudder control, and the left wing stalled. The pilot attempted to recover from the stall; however, the airplane was at too low of an altitude to recover, and it impacted the ground in a nose-low attitude. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the pilot failed to maintain airspeed during the sharp turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.