# Accident 19891020041949A: Amtr KR2, Eloy, AZ, October 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1989, 13:48 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Eloy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120TM-1990-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Monto Theordore J KR-2 (registry code 05648WY, https://openairdocs.org/model/monto-theordore-j-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 502 total, 232 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90DUJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90DUJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891020041949A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST CONTROL AND BECAME INVERTED TRYING TO LAND IN SEVERE TURBULENCE. CRASHED OFF SIDE RUNWAY INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX90DUJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90DUJ04), Oct 20, 1989: Rand Engineering KR-II (N120TM), Eloy, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND HIS FAILURE TO DISCONTINUE THE APPROACH WHEN IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE GUSTING CROSS WINDS WERE EXCEEDING THE ABILITY OF THE…

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.