# Accident 20010724016419A: Amtr KR2, Roseburg, OR, July 24, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 24, 2001, 20:00 local time - Place: Roseburg, OR - Airport: Roseburg Regional Airport - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 43.2500° N, 123.2392° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2500&lon=-123.2392&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 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA01LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA144) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010724016419A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.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 SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED A CHAIN LINK FENCE DURING THE LANDING ROLL FOLLOWING A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WHILE MANEUVERING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXECUTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE ROSEBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT, ROSEBURG, OREGON. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS PERSONAL, WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 91, AND ORIGINATED FROM ROSEBURG APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES EARLIER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN IN ABOUT A YEAR. HE HAD TAKEN OFF WITH THE INTENTION OF REMAINING IN THE VICINITY OF THE ROSEBURG AIRPORT AND REPORTED HAVING SIX GALLONS OF GAS IN EACH WING TANK. WHILE ESTABLISHED ON A NORTHERLY HEADING SLIGHTLY EAST OF THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND LOST ALL POWER WITHIN ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. THE PILOT EXECUTED A LEFT 180-DEGREE DESCENDING TURN TO LAND DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 16 AT ROSEBURG. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG, ROLLED OFF THE UPWIND END OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE. WINDS AT ROSEBURG A T 1945 LOCAL WERE FROM 340 DEGREES MAGNETIC AT 11 KNOTS GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS. (-23) PILOT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 34 AT RBG AND FLEW AN EXTENDED LEFT DOWNWIND, CROSSED OVER AND ENTERED INTO A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 16. ONCE ABEAM THE NUMBERS FOR RUNWAY 16 AT 1600 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT FLEW AN EXTENDED BASE FOR RUNWAY 16, TURNED TO FINAL AND CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AT TEN FEET AND 100 KIAS. THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 34, THEN ROLLED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE BRUSH AND COLLIDED WITH THE CHAIN-LINK FENCE AT THE PERIMETER OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE PILOT HAD FLOWN THIS AIRCRAFT A TOTAL OF 2 HOURS IN JULY AND AUGUST OF 2000. PRIOR TO THAT, THE PILOT FLEW THIS AIRCRAFT ON 04/06/1997 WHERE HE EXPERIENCED A TAKE-OFF ACCIDENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT. ## 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 SEA01LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA144), Jul 25, 2001: Hutton KR-2 (N4GJ), Roseburg, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of power for undetermined reasons and the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed while maneuvering to a forced landing at a nearby airport. Contributing factors were the 8 knot… ## 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 19970406045369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406045369A), Apr 6, 1997: Amtr KR2 (N4GJ), Grants Pass, OR, Substantial damage. (.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… 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.