Kitfox II accident near Spruce Pine, NC
On October 17, 2025, a Kitfox II (airplane) was involved in an accident near Spruce Pine, NC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 17, 2025
- Place
- Spruce Pine, NC
- Aircraft
- Kitfox II · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.941°N, 81.994°W
- NTSB ID
- 20251017201880
NTSB summary
On October 17, 2025, about 1154 eastern daylight time, a Kitfox II airplane, N8610X was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Witness 1 reported that the pilot completed one takeoff and landing on grass runway 17 at the Avery County Airport-Morrison. Later, two witnesses saw the airplane taxiing on the grass east of the asphalt runway near the windsock. Witness 1 reported that he briefly observed what appeared to be the accident airplane executing a takeoff roll from the east side of the airport, parallel to runway 17 (Figure 1). Figure 1 – Overview of Accident Site The accident site was located about 60 ft below airport field elevation on the side of a brush-covered embankment southeast of the approach end of runway 35. Examination of the accident site revealed that the airplane impacted the terrain in a nose-low attitude on a northwesterly heading (See Figure 2). The airframe fabric was consumed by the post impact fire, and the underlying tubular structure exhibited aft crushing consistent with impact damage. Both wings remained partially attached to the fuselage, with both flaperons found separated near their respective wings. Flight control continuity was established from the cockpit to the center fuselage near the wing roots for flaperon controls. The empennage, to include the horizontal and vertical stabilizer, elevator, and rudder, remained attached to the airframe. The rudder and elevator controls were
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
