# Accident 20051015027639A: Amtr KR2, Venice, FL, October 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2005, 10:03 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0636° N, 82.4667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0636&lon=-82.4667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212KR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212KR-2006-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jones Steven W KR2 (registry code 05614X1, https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-steven-w-kr2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051015027639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/15/2005 AT 1003 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT MODEL KR2, N212KR, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHED INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE VENICE FL POLICE DEPARTMENT AN UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WALKING ON THE BEACH HAD REPORTED SEEING THE AIRPLANE SPIRALING DOWN INTO THE WATER FROM APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET IN THE AIR. A SECOND WITNESS STATED HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HE WAS EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT WEIGHTS IN THE PLANE TO SEE IF A PASSENGER COULD BE CARRIED, AND HE CHANGED ENGINES IN THE AIRCRAFT. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LOCATE AND RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE WILMA. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL 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 MIA06LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA006), Oct 15, 2005: Steven W. Jones KR2 (N212KR), Venice, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight collision with the water for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N212KR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20041030029769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041030029769A), Oct 30, 2004: Amtr KR2 (N212KR), Zellwood, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reports that on Saturday October 30, 2004, at approx. 1500 hrs he landed at bob White field, aircraft bounced and pilot was unable to maintain…

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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