# Incident 19960730028919I: Amtr KR2, Iconium, MO, July 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1996, 18:30 local time
- Place: Iconium, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1059° N, 93.5447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iconium, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1059&lon=-93.5447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N197RS-2012-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Randall P KR2 (registry code 05625J6, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-randall-p-kr2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW HAPI50EVOLKS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 571 total, 180 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960730028919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON TUESDAY JULY 30, 1996, AT 18:30 CDT, MR. RANDALL SMITH, A PRIVATE PILOT, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 264119407, WHILE ENROUTE FROM LAKE DALLAS, TX TO OSHKOSH, WI MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING 3 MILES WEST OF ICONIUM, MISSOURI. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ENROUTE TO SEDALIA, MO AT 5500' AGL, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION. SMITH SAID HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND WAS GOING TO TRY AND MAKE THE AIRPORT AT OSCEOLA, REALIZED HE COULDN'T MAKE IT AND SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A BEAN FIELD. PILOT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION HE FOUND A 4' SECTION OF THE PROPELLER TIP MISSING. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, LANDING GEAR, AND FORWARD ENGINE MOUNTS. PILOT WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO A SAFE LOCATION. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO MO24, OSCEOLA, MO DISASSEMBLED AND TAKEN TO ITS HOME STATION IN LAKE DALLAS, TEXAS. PILOT/REPAIRMAN WILL SUBMIT A MRD TO THE EAA IN OSHKOSH, WI ON THE PROPELLER. LAST CONDITION INSPECTION COMPLETED 09-95. ELT DUE BAT. 09-96. DID NOT ACTIVATE DURING LANDING. THIS INCIDENT, CE96IGA0117, IS CLOSED.

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.

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