N92MH – Kitfox 57 Super Sport – 2020-02-28 NTSB Accident Report

On February 28, 2020, a Kitfox 57 Super Sport (N92MH) was involved in an incident near Kosciusko, MS. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's lifting off with the airplane at a high of angle of attack, which resulted in aerodynamic stall.

The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, he lost lateral control when he overcorrected to the left. The airplane lifted off at too high of an angle of attack, stalled, and impacted terrain to the left of the runway. There was extensive buckling of the fuselage just forward of the empennage. The pilot attributed the accident to "low time tailwheel pilot error." The pilot reported he had logged 110 hours in tailwheel airplanes performing takeoffs and landings, 64 hours of which were in the accident airplane. He added, "Additional tailwheel takeoff experience would have prevented the accident."

This incident is documented in NTSB report CEN20CA106. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N92MH.