NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA90FA080
Registry · N161RS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
KITFOX KITFOX SUPER SPORT
Year of manufacture
2016
Engine
LYCOMING YO-233 (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20160908
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0F6ED
Registrant of record
WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
INADEQUATE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE PILOT AND THE GROUND LINEMAN. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: IMPAIRMENT OF THE GROUND LINEMAN FROM CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.
Factual narrative
THE ASSISTANCE OF A GROUND LINEMAN WAS OBTAINED TO CONNECT AN EXTERNAL POWER UNIT. AFTER THE ENGINES WERE STARTED, THE LINEMAN DISCONNECTED THE POWER UNIT. THE PILOT NOTED THE DISCONNECT AND COMPLETED THE CHECKLIST. WHEN HE LOOKED UP TO FIND THE LINEMAN, HE SAW AN INDIVIDUAL WALKING AWAY FROM HIS AIRPLANE AND ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THE LINEMAN THAT HAD BEEN ASSISTING HIM. THE PILOT RELEASED THE BRAKES AND STARTED FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE AIRPLANE. THE LINEMAN, HOWEVER, WAS STILL NEXT TO THE AIRPLANE AT THE EXTERNAL POWER RECEPTACLE, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE IN FRONT OF THE PROPELLER. THE LINEMAN AND POWER UNIT WERE STRUCK BY THE RIGHT PROPELLER. A TOXICOLOGY CHECK OF THE LINEMAN'S BLOOD SHOWED IT HAD AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.037%. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1990_SEA90FA080.txt.
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