# Accident 20040607010499A: Amtr KR2, Rapid City, SD, June 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2004, 11:02 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0575° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250KB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040607010499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1102 MDT ON 06-07-04, THE COMMERCIAL PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 32 AT RAPID CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT. AT ABOUT 300' AGL, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT INITIALLY ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT BUT LACKED SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE. HE LANDED ABOUT 1/4 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE HARD LANDING DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR 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 CHI04LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA145), Jun 7, 2004: Betchan KR II (N250KB), Rapid City, SD, destroyed. Probable cause: Failure of the engine rocker arm installation resulting in a loss of engine power. A contributing factor was the power lines.

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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