Emmons David W KITFOX IV
N9259M is an Emmons David W KITFOX IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sharon, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 22, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 26, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Emmons David W
- Model
- KITFOX IV
- Serial number
- 1871
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- ACD45C (octal 53152134)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 22, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- October 22, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 26, 1997
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00315532
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nelson Scott
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 105 Amenia Rd
Sharon, CT 06069-2242
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N9259M, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Nelson Scott, an individual, certificate issued October 22, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1871 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9259M according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N9259M: Accident on October 14, 2021 at North Canaan, CT: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kitfox IV · operated under 091
The pilot's mismanagement of the airplane's altitude, airspeed, and course during a forced landing following a partial loss of engine power, which resulted in collision with trees and terrain. Contributing was the pilot’s inadvertent omission of stowing the carburetor choke before takeoff and in-flight after experiencing a partial loss of engine power.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data