Kitfox 7 accident near Crowell, TX
On March 31, 2022, a Kitfox 7 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Crowell, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 31, 2022
- Place
- Crowell, TX
- Aircraft
- Kitfox 7 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.000°N, 99.757°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220331104865
Official records · CEN22LA163
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 31, 2022, about 0938 central daylight time, an experimental Kitfox Series 7 airplane, N789RB, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Crowell, Texas. The private pilot and the student pilot-rated passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The brother of the pilot, who was also the father of the passenger observed the accident flight. The purpose of the flight was for the pilot to show the passenger the airplane. The airplane departed from a dirt strip at the pilot’s residence in Crowell around 0900. The pilot was seated in the left seat and the passenger was seated in the right seat. The airplane took off and flew over Crowell. The airplane then returned to the dirt strip and flew slow over the strip to the northwest. The airplane climbed out to the left and was about 650 ft off the ground when the airplane “stalled,” the left wing dropped, and the nose went straight down. The airplane impacted rolling prairie and was destroyed by a postimpact fire. The witness reported that the pilot was flying “low and slow,” the airplane “stalled,” the pilot lost control while in flight, and there was no altitude for recovery. He additionally reported that the engine was working fine during the entire flight and there was nothing mechanically wrong with the engine. AIRCRAFT INFORMATIONA review of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transport Canada information found that the experimental airplane was built from a kit by an individual in Canada. The construc
Probable cause
The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during low-level flight, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low to recover.
More accidents in TX
- Kubicek BB85, Jul 30, 2016
- Robertson C-414, Jul 29, 1982
- Textron Aviation B-300, Jun 30, 2019
- Beech B100, Nov 26, 1983
- Consolidated-Vultee PBY-6A, Oct 13, 1984
Browse: Texas
Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
