# NTSB Accident SEA02LA059
> **Potts KitFox** · 2002-03-25 · Shoup, ID, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA02LA059
- **Event ID:** 20020328X00419
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-03-25
- **Location:** Shoup, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.389678, -114.420181
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Potts
- **Model:** KitFox
- **Registration:** N139SP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain a speed above stall speed, and the resulting inadvertent stall/mush. Factors include the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff when he realized the aircraft's performance was not as expected, his decision to attempt a takeoff after experiencing an unacceptable rpm drop on each magneto during the engine run-up check, and the failure of the magnetos to maintain an acceptable engine rpm when operated individually.

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