# Accident 20010524014549A: Cessna T310R, Wichita Falls, TX, May 24, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2001, 19:05 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Wichita Valley Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9478° N, 98.6158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9478&lon=-98.6158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N197DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010524014549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 24, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 1905 CDT, AN BLUCKER KR-2S AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE, N197DB, OWNED BY THE PILOT, MR. KENNETH R. JAMES,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE IN STEEP CLIMB AND HIGH BANK ANGLE THE AIRCRAFT LOSS POWER AND STALLED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND FATAL TO PILOT AND PASSENGER.  THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND CERTIFICATE, NUMBER 2642422.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS ON MAY 24, 2001, CDT.

## 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 FTW01LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA128), May 25, 2001: Blucher KR-2S (N197DB), Wichita Falls, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control following a loss of engine power while maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. Contributing factors to the accident were the loss of…

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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