# Accident 20130818016649A: Nelson Edgar H KR-2, Cataldo, ID, August 18, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2013, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cataldo, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5422° N, 116.4094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5422&lon=-116.4094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9028Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9028Q-2018-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nelson Edgar H KR-2 (registry code 05648Y7, https://openairdocs.org/model/nelson-edgar-h-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A-75 series (registry code 17406, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NELSON EDGAR H KR-2
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A-75
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 44 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13FA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA380) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130818016649A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED THE SHOSHONE COUNTY AIRPORT IN KELLOGG, IDAHO, IN HIS AMATEUR-BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT AND THEN FLEW 10 MILES TO THE WEST TO CONDUCT LOCAL RECREATIONAL FLYING NEAR CATALDO, IDAHO. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY ENTERED A SPIN, LOST POWER, DESCENDED VERTICALLY AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN IN A WOODED RESIDENTIAL AREA FOUR MILES WEST OF CATALDO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 WPR13FA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA380), Aug 19, 2013: Nelson KR-2 (N9028Q), Cataldo, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to intentionally enter a spin in the airplane, which had unknown spin characteristics due to the engine modification, from which he was unable to recover.

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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