Kitfox pilot reported minor damage after a forced landing following a low altitude power loss relate...

Attributes
ACN	1574957
Time
Date	201807
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Miss Distance	Horizontal 5

Narrative:

I was taking off of a gravel bar next to [a] river and my engine lost power when I was about 10ft off the ground. I immediately came down and landed back on the gravel bar. I was trying to stop the plane very quickly so I would not go into the river. I pushed a little too hard on the brakes and the plane slowly flipped on its back. I was not injured whatsoever. My pilot friends were there and helped me flip the plane upright. The damage was a broken prop and a 4 inch tear in the left wing from a stick on the beach. We closely inspected the plane for any structural damage and could not find anything that would be unsafe to fly the plane home. We retrieved a new prop and installed it. I flew the kitfox home the next day. After talking with mechanics; it appears the engine lost power due to a vapor lock. I had just landed 5 minutes earlier before it happened. This is a classic scenario for a fuel vapor lock. A proper way to keep this from happening is to do a long engine run up to clear any vapor lock issues.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Kitfox pilot reported minor damage after a forced landing following a low altitude power loss related to vapor lock.

Narrative: I was taking off of a gravel bar next to [a] river and my engine lost power when I was about 10ft off the ground. I immediately came down and landed back on the gravel bar. I was trying to stop the plane very quickly so I would not go into the river. I pushed a little too hard on the brakes and the plane slowly flipped on its back. I was not injured whatsoever. My pilot friends were there and helped me flip the plane upright. The damage was a broken prop and a 4 inch tear in the left wing from a stick on the beach. We closely inspected the plane for any structural damage and could not find anything that would be unsafe to fly the plane home. we retrieved a new prop and installed it. I flew the Kitfox home the next day. After talking with mechanics; it appears the engine lost power due to a vapor lock. I had just landed 5 minutes earlier before it happened. This is a classic scenario for a fuel vapor lock. A proper way to keep this from happening is to do a long engine run up to clear any vapor lock issues.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.