NTSB WPR24LA177 — 2024-05-30 · Parowan, Utah, United States

Current FAA registration · N506F

Make / Model: SKYSTAR ACFT CO KITFOX SERIES 6
Year of manufacture: 2004 · 20 years old at event
Engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 20050915
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A650B7

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N506F BANES JOHN SCOTT KITFOX SERIES 6 None

Factual narrative

On May 30, 2024, about 1610 Mountain daylight time, an amateur built experimental Kitfox, N506F, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Parowan, Utah. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot was landing on runway 22 at Parowan Airport, Parowan, Utah. The airplane touched down about 500 ft prior to midfield and during the landing roll, the pilot applied brakes and the left wheel felt like it was locked up. The airplane exited the runway to the left and ground looped, collapsing the right main landing gear and substantially damaging the right wing. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

— Not determined-Not determined-(general)-(general)-Unknown/Not determined
— Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Nose/tail landing gear-Unknown/Not determined
— Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Directional control-Attain/maintain not possible

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_WPR24LA177.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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