# Accident 20091030023179A: Amtr KR2S, Glendale, AZ, October 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2009, 10:58 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5269° N, 112.2953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5269&lon=-112.2953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811RJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N811RJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sauer Robert E KR2S (registry code 056157C, https://openairdocs.org/model/sauer-robert-e-kr2s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 0 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091030023179A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 30, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 MST, N811RJ, A EXPERIMENTAL SAUER KR2S, WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMING AS THE PILOT IN COMMAND, TOOK OFF FROM GLENDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GEU) AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRTY STRIP APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, SUSTAINING MINOR INJURIES TO HIMSELF AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT DURING THE CLIMB AT AROUND 300' THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER.  HE NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE LOST HIS ENGINE AND WAS LANDING STRAIGHT AHEAD NORTH OF CAMELBACK ROAD.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE DIRT STRIP AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE AIRACRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP BY HITTING A BIRM AT ABOUT 40 MPH TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 200 YARDS FROM TOUCH DOWN.

## 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 WPR10LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA039), Oct 30, 2009: Sauer KR-2S (N811RJ), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of a reduced fuel flow to the engine resulting from a misrouted fuel tank vent line, during initial climb.

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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