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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr KR-2 · Clarinda, IA · September 11, 2003

Date: September 11, 2003 · 13:20 local
Place: Clarinda, IA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N40554
Reported as: Amtr KR2
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,490 total114 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N40554Registered now · Stapleton Jerry KR-2S/N 001 Airframe modelStapleton Jerry KR-2

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot encountered inclement weather while enroute from chillicothe, MO to red oak, IA. The weather closed in around the aircraft which was one of a flight of two. Both pilots elected to make a precautionary landing on a gravel road near Clarinda, IA. During the landing on the road, which was muddy and slick from rain, the aircraft slid into the road ditch. The aircraft wing had minor damage as a result of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED INCLEMENT WEATHER WHILE ENROUTE FROM CHILLICOTHE, MO TO RED OAK, IA. THE WEATHER CLOSED IN AROUND THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS ONE OF A FLIGHT OF TWO. BOTH PILOTS ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A GRAVEL ROAD NEAR CLARINDA, IA. DURING THE LANDING ON THE ROAD, WHICH WAS MUDDY AND SLICK FROM RAIN, THE AIRCRAFT SLID INTO THE ROAD DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT WING HAD MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT.