# Incident 20091217052449I: Smith Bobby KR-2S, Suffolk, VA, December 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2009, 08:55 local time
- Place: Suffolk, VA
- Airport: Suffolk Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6829° N, 76.5996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUFFOLK EXEC (SFQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6829&lon=-76.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N808BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N808BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Bobby KR-2S (registry code 05606D2, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-bobby-kr-2s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH BOBBY KR-2S
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,121 total, 200 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091217052449I

## Narrative

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

A GO-AROUND WAS INITATED PRIOR TO ADDING POWER, THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY STALLED ABOVE THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.  THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED UNDER AND BACK.  THE RESULT WAS A PROPELLER STRIKE ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE ENGINE COWL.

## Other reports on N808BS (1)

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

- [Incident 20080507836909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080507836909I), May 7, 2008: Amtr KR2S (N808BS), Wallace, NC, No damage. (-23) Aircraft made an emergency off field landing on north carolina country road 8, due to fuel starvation. Aircraft sustained no damage.

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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