# Accident 20090917020179A: Amtr KR2, Mount Vernon, IL, September 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2009, 10:15 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, IL
- Airport: Mount Vernon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3233° N, 88.8586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3233&lon=-88.8586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4DD-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diehl KR-2 (registry code 05648B2, https://openairdocs.org/model/diehl-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 5 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA589](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA589) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090917020179A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF N4DD, A KR 2 EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE TO MT. VERNON, IL (MVN) WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 05.  WITNESS'S STATE SEEING THE AIRCRAFT "BOUNCE" INTO THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND THEN SEEING THE AIRCRAFT PITCH DOWN AND BANK TO THE RIGHT BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND AND SKIDDING APPROXIMATELY 135 FEET TO A STOP.

## 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 CEN09CA589](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA589), Sep 17, 2009: Diehl KR-2 (N4DD), Mt. Vernon, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare while landing with gusting winds and his failure to perform a go-around.

## Other reports on N4DD (1)

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

- [Incident 20030413008659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030413008659I), Apr 13, 2003: Amtr KR2 (N4DD), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft began takeoff roll, at about the time the tail wheel came up the aircraft veered left and departed the runway. The aircraft came to rest after…

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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