Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate in-flight fuel management, which necessitated an off-airport precautionary landing, and his failure to maintain airplane control during the landing roll on rough terrain.
NTSB analysis
A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that the pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane made a precautionary landing on a field because of low fuel. During the landing roll, the airplane nosed over.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder and vertical stabilizer.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for GAA18CA515 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Aug 9, 2018
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Hunter, New York
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Amateur-built Kitfox
- N-number
- N26LD
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2010
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.