# Accident 20100414004949A: Ankerstar B RAND-ROBINS, Hamilton, OH, April 14, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2010, 14:10 local time
- Place: Hamilton, OH
- Airport: Butler Co Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3642° N, 84.5219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3642&lon=-84.5219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N774A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N774A-2013-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ankerstar Bradley D RAND-ROBINSON KR2 (registry code 05622S0, https://openairdocs.org/model/ankerstar-bradley-d-rand-robinson-kr2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ANKERSTAR B RAND-ROBINS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 286 total, 1 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100414004949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS OPERATING A KR-2 AIRCRAFT AT THE BUTLER COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT WAS DOING HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTING. AFTER 8 SUCCESSFUL TRIPS DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT TOOK A BREAK. THE PILOT STARTED TESTING AGAIN AT 1320 LOCAL TIME. HE MADE ONE RUN AND  ON THE NEXT TEST RUN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE.  HE ATTEMPED TO LAND BUT DECIDED TO GO AROUND.  HE MADE ONE PASS IN THE PATTERN AND THEN CLIMBED TO 3,000 FT AND FLEW ABOUT 40 MINUTES.  WHEN THE PILOT TRIED TO LAND HE STATED HE WAS FAST AND HIT THE GROUND AT ABOUT 80 MPH AS HE WAS ADDING POWER TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE FOR A WHEEL LANDING.   HE BOUNCED AND CAME BACK DOWN HARD, THE MAIN LANDING COLLAPSED, HE SKIDDED A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE.  END

## 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 CEN10CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA238), Apr 14, 2010: Ankerstar Bradley D RAND-ROBINSON KR2 (N774A), Hamilton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing and collapsed landing gear.

## Other reports on N774A (1)

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

- [Accident 20130511008359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130511008359A), May 11, 2013: Ankerstar Bradley D RAND-ROBINSON KR2 (N774A), Hamilton, OH, Destroyed. On may 11, 2013, a pilot operating an experimental aircraft experienced an engine failure immediately after takeoff from Butler county (hao). The aircraft…

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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