# Accident 19980114003899A: Amtr KR1B, Georgetown, TX, January 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Airport: Kitie Hill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6398° N, 97.6795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6398&lon=-97.6795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82BP-1999-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Poling JH Brad KELEHER LARK KR1B (registry code 05613Q9, https://openairdocs.org/model/poling-jh-brad-keleher-lark-kr1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR1B
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 317 total, 43 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980114003899A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED. BECAME MISSING. FOUND NEXT DAY 6 MI EAST. HIGH SPEED IMPACT. (.4)WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF.  WHEN IT DID NOT RETURN, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED.  SIGNATURES FOUND BY THE FAA INSPECTORS AT THE ACCIDENT SITE INDICATE THAT THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A 40 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, WHILE IN A RIGHT TURN.  NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED NORMAL OPERATION. TOXICOLOGY FINDINGS WERE POSITIVE FOR CHLORPENIRAMINE AND BROMPHENIRAMINE.  'BOTH OF THESE DRUGS ARE ANTIHISTAMINES AND WERE FOUND AT THERAPEUTIC LEVELS, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED IMPAIRMENT.'  IN ADDITION, 'THE UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITION FOR WHICH THESE DRUGS WERE BEING TAKEN MAY HAVE CAUSED DISCOMFORT OR A DISTRACTION IN THE COCKPIT.                                                          (-23) AIRCRAFT DID NOT RETURN FROM A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT ON 01/14/98. AIICRAFT WAS FOUND AM 01/15/98, 6 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN ON HWY 29.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A WOODED FIELD. STRUCK THE GROUND AT APPROX 40 DEGREES NOSE DOWN.  COCKPIT AREA DESTROYED ON IMPACT. NO FIRE. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 FTW98LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA098), Jan 14, 1998: Poling Keleher Lark KR1B (N82BP), Georgetown, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A contributing factor was the pilot's physical impairment due to drugs.

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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