# NTSB Accident MIA96LA087
> **Marks KITFOX II** · 1996-02-24 · PANAMA CITY, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA96LA087
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05303
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-02-24
- **Location:** PANAMA CITY, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.200054, -85.670257
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Marks
- **Model:** KITFOX II
- **Registration:** N915PK
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve and subsequent collision with a ditch.  Factors relating to the accident were: failure of the airspeed indicator, the pilot's selection of the wrong runway for landing, and the crosswind condition.

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