# Accident 19970406045369A: Amtr KR2, Grants Pass, OR, April 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Grants Pass, OR
- Airport: Josephine County/Grants Pass
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3993° N, 123.5694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3993&lon=-123.5694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4GJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4GJ-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hutton KR-2 (registry code 05648F8, https://openairdocs.org/model/hutton-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 38 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406045369A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ON APRIL 6, 1997, ABOUT 1430 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, N4GJ, A HOME BUILT HUTTON RAND ROBINSON KR-2 AIRPLANE, IMPACTED TREES DURING TAKEOFF AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AT GRANTS PASS, OREGON. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 91. ACCORDING TO AN FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED VEGETATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFTING OFF AT THE GRANTS PASS AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED STRONG CROSS WINDS DURING THE TAKEOFF. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE REPORTED. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE SAFETY BOARD (ATTACHED), THE PILOT STATED: "ON TAKEOFF AS THE TAIL CAME UP THE CRAFT BECAME (AIRBORNE). THE CRAFT THEN SETTLED ON THE (GROUND), HOWEVER OFF THE RUNWAY. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF BUT DID NOT REALIZE I WAS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE POWER CURVE. I EVENTUALLY HIT A (MANZANITA) BUSH." THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, AND HE STATED "BE (PROGRAMMED) TO (ABORT)         TAKEOFF" IN THE RECOMMENDATION" SECTION OF THE NTSB PILOT/OPERATOR FORM 6120.1/2 THAT HE SUBMITTED (ATTACHED).

## 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 SEA97LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA084), Apr 6, 1997: Hutton Rand Robinson KR-2 (N4GJ), Grants Pass, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions, his failure to maintain directional control on takeoff, and his failure to abort the takeoff. Factors contributing to the accident…

## Other reports on N4GJ (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080526835999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080526835999A), May 26, 2008: Amtr KR2 (N4GJ), Roseburg, OR, Destroyed. (-23) On may 26, 2008, the pilot of an experimental aircraft (N4GJ) departed runway 34 at Roseburg airport. At approximately 200 feet in the air, the pilot…
- [Accident 20010724016419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010724016419A), Jul 24, 2001: Amtr KR2 (N4GJ), Roseburg, OR, No damage. (.19) On July 24, 2001, approximately 2000 pacific daylight time, a hutton KR-2 homebuilt aircraft, N4GJ, registered to and being flown by a private pilot, was…

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.