# N85ES: Smith Eddie A KR-2, registration cancelled 2000-06-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 28, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Smith Eddie A KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-eddie-a-kr-2) (registry code 05648TE)
- Serial number: 6457
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: October 1, 1999
- Last registry action: October 1, 1999
- Mode S code: ABA574
- Owner when cancelled: [Kolka Leigh E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KOLKA%20LEIGH%20E)
- Location: [Murfreesboro, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Murfreesboro)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.7795° N, 86.3272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 37127, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85ES
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=85ES
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85ES-2000-06-28

From the FAA registry file of October 27, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Smith Eddie A KR-2: https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-eddie-a-kr-2.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 99ZZZX4088](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX4088), Oct 16, 1999: ELT. MISINSTALLED. FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT, THE EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATE. UPON COMBING THE WRECKAGE AND FINDING THE ELT, THE REASON WHY IT 

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA008), Oct 16, 1999: Eddie A. Smith KR-2 (N85ES), Bell Buckle, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The poor in-flight planning decision by the pilot-in-command for continuing the flight with inadequate fuel supply and the inadvertent stall by the pilot-in-command following total loss of engine…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19991016030719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991016030719A), Oct 16, 1999: Amtr KR2 (N85ES), Shelbyville, TN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19) On October 16, 1999, about 1232 central daylight time, a homebuilt KR-2, N85ES, registered to a private individual, experienced an in-flight loss of…

## Other aircraft with N85ES

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85ES): Cessna T182T, S/N T18208633, built 2006

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