Safety Topics: Kit Piston Engine type Accident

Abstract

APART from a short hop take‐off and landing up to a height of about 20 ft, this was the first flight of this Denney Kitfox Mk3. A passenger was carried because the pilot considered that the extra weight would be an extra advantage in what was a relatively high performance aircraft. His two hour familiarisation in the Kitfox were dual. The aircraft took off and the engine was set to 6,000 RPM and the throttle was adjusted during the ground run to maintain this figure. The initial climb was as expected until about 150 ft agl when the indicated airspeed was noted to have been about 45 mph.

Citation

Mayday (1993), "Safety Topics: Kit Piston Engine type Accident", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 65 No. 7, pp. 30-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb037397