# Incident 20111218028939I: Spellman D R/Jurnek A SKR2, Fremont, NE, December 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2011, 12:53 local time
- Place: Fremont, NE
- Airport: Fremont Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4499° N, 96.5212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREMONT MUNI (FET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4499&lon=-96.5212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7070X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7070X-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spellman D R/Jurnek A SKR2 (registry code 056146N, https://openairdocs.org/model/spellman-d-r-jurnek-a-skr2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-C1A (registry code 42032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-c1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPELLMAN D R/JURNEK A SKR2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-235-C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111218028939I

## Narrative

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

THIS INCIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN INCIDENT AND NOT AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INTENT TO FLY BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. ON DECEMBER 18, 2011, AT 12:53 PM CST, AN AMATEUR-BUILT KR-2S, N7070X, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KFET), FREMONT, NEBRASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDERGOING A HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST IN PREPARATION FOR A FUTURE FIRST FLIGHT. AFTER TAXIING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF RUNWAY 19/01, THE PIC TURNED ONTO RUNWAY 32 AND PROCEEDED TO HIGH SPEED TAXI DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. AT SOME POINT DURING THE TAXI, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE PIC, NOT EXPECTING THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE, PUSHED THE STICK FORWARD TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RUNWAY 32 APPROXIMATELY 4,251 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, 7 FEET LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE, IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND A 20-DEGREE CRAB TO THE RIGHT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED TO THE LEFT AND REAR AS VIEWED FROM THE CABIN. THE WOOD PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING IT TO SPLINTER. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR ALSO COLLAPSED, WHICH COMPROMISED THE AIRCRAFT MAIN WOODEN WING SPAR. THE LEFT WING TORE FREE FROM THE FUSELAGE WHERE THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACHED TO THE MAIN SPAR. THE FIREWALL SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE WITH THE ENGINE STILL ATTACHED TO THE FIREWALL. THE AIRCRAFT AND THE SEPARATED LEFT WING CURVED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AS THEY CONTINUED DOWN RUNWAY 32. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT 462 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT, JUST OFF THE EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 32. THE LEFT WING ALSO CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, BUT TRAVELED 100 FEET LESS THAN THE REST OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT RECEIVED A CUT TO HIS HEAD, BUT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT UNASSISTED. NO OTHER PERSONS WERE INJURED IN THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO AIRPORT PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED IN THE INCIDENT.

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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