View of damaged rudder.
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Albany, New York
Aviation Accident Factual Report - National Transportation Safety Board: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdf
Investigation Docket - National Transportation Safety Board: https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms
http://registry.faa.gov/N26LD
Location: Hunter, NY
Accident Number: GAA18CA515
Date & Time: 08/09/2018, 1910 EDT
Registration: N26LD
Aircraft: DELL LAWRENCE Kitfox
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Defining Event: Nose over/nose down
Injuries: 1 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Personal
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector reported that the pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane made a precautionary landing on an open field because of low fuel. During the landing roll, the airplane nosed over.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder.
After multiple attempts, the pilot did not submit the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1.
Pilot Information
Certificate: Private
Age: 64, Male
Airplane Rating(s): Single-engine Land
Seat Occupied: Unknown
Other Aircraft Rating(s): None
Restraint Used:
Instrument Rating(s): None
Second Pilot Present: No
Instructor Rating(s): None
Toxicology Performed: No
Medical Certification: Class 3 With Waivers/Limitations
Last FAA Medical Exam: 12/01/2016
Occupational Pilot: No
Last Flight Review or Equivalent:
Flight Time: (Estimated)
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: DELL LAWRENCE
Registration: N26LD
Model/Series: Kitfox Super Sport
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Year of Manufacture: 2010
Amateur Built: Yes
Airworthiness Certificate: Other; Experimental
Serial Number: KA08184136
Landing Gear Type: Tricycle
Seats: 2
Date/Type of Last Inspection: Unknown
Certified Max Gross Wt.:
Time Since Last Inspection:
Engines: 1 Reciprocating
Airframe Total Time:
Engine Manufacturer: Continental
ELT:
Engine Model/Series: O-200 Series
Registered Owner: On file
Rated Power:
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: KALB, 292 ft msl
Distance from Accident Site: 33 Nautical Miles
Observation Time: 2251 UTC
Direction from Accident Site: 38°
Lowest Cloud Condition: Few / 21000 ft agl
Visibility: 10 Miles
Lowest Ceiling:
Visibility (RVR):
Wind Speed/Gusts: 10 knots /
Turbulence Type Forecast/Actual: None / None
Wind Direction: 290°
Turbulence Severity Forecast/Actual: N/A / N/A
Altimeter Setting: 29.81 inches Hg
Temperature/Dew Point: 26°C / 15°C
Precipitation and Obscuration:
Departure Point: Jamestown, NY (JHW)
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Destination: Hudson, NY (1B1)
Type of Clearance: None
Departure Time:
Type of Airspace: Class G
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 None
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries:N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 None
Latitude, Longitude: 42.316667, -74.266667 (est)
JEWETT — A Berkshire County man is lucky to be alive after the plane he was piloting made a hard landing and flipped over in a Jewett field Thursday afternoon, police said.
Roger C. Tryon, 64, of Monterey, Massachusetts, sustained minor injuries, Greene County Sheriff Greg Seeley said. Tryon did not have to be taken to a hospital.
Tryon suffered facial cuts and bruises, said Lt. Tracey Quinn with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.
“It could have been a lot worse,” Seeley said. “He was very lucky to be alive.”
Tryon took off from Indiana and was on his way to refuel at the Columbia County Airport, located off Route 9H in Ghent, when he ran out of fuel. He was likely on his way home to Massachusetts after the planned stop, Seeley said.
“Tryon would have landed fine, but the field that he landed in was saturated from the rain in the past couple days,” Seeley said. “Even my boots were sinking into the ground.”
Tryon wanted to land the aircraft in the Jewett field, but the plane’s wheel sunk into the ground during the landing attempt, which caused it to flip over.
“He almost made it to Columbia County,” Seeley said Thursday night.
Police do not know if Tryon was flying a private plane or had rented one for the trip.
Tryon holds a certificate as a private pilot and is rated on single-engine airplanes, according to an airman details report from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The crash remains under investigation by the FAA, Quinn said. The plane was removed from the scene and examined.
In May, a plane also piloted by a man named Roger Tryon of Monterey, Massachusetts, had to make an emergency landing in a farmer’s field in Taghkanic.
Tryon, who had one passenger on board, was flying a single-engine airplane when the engine stalled May 26 at about 12:30 p.m., according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Police could not confirm Friday if the pilots in each incident are the same person.
The men were on their way from the Hudson Valley Regional Airport in Wappingers Falls to the Great Barrington Airport in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in May, when the plane’s engine started to sputter. Tryon had to make an emergency landing in a grassy field off Koeppe Road.
As Tryon’s plane dived toward the ground, it lost its landing gear, including its wheels, which caused the plane to make a “pancake landing,” police said in May.
The left wing struck the ground, spinning the aircraft 180 degrees. The plane’s engine and belly were damaged as a result of the forced landing, but both men were unharmed.
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