# Accident 20050521009649A: Amtr KR2, Galliano, LA, May 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Galliano, LA
- Airport: South Lafourche Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4319° N, 90.2653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4319&lon=-90.2653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N684LM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N684LM-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miller Monte M RAND ROBINSON KR-2 (registry code 05623VM, https://openairdocs.org/model/miller-monte-m-rand-robinson-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050521009649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ESTABLISHED IN CLIMB AND HAD REACHED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET. WITNESS STATED THAT HE SEEMED TO START A SHALLOW TURN TO THE LEFT, WHEN THE LEFT WING DROPPED, RECOVERED AND DROPPED AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A ONE-TURNED SPIN, IMPACTED THE GROUND. THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS KILLED ON IMPACT.

## 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 DFW05LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA129), May 21, 2005: Miller Rand Robinson KR-2 (N684LM), Galliano, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin during initial takeoff climb. A contributing factor was the pilot's lack of experience for the make/model airplane.

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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