# Incident 20150721010789I: Faughn James R KR-2, Westbend, WI, July 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2015, 08:20 local time
- Place: Westbend, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4175° N, 88.1817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Bend, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4175&lon=-88.1817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N891JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N891JF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Faughn James R KR-2 (registry code 056481Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/faughn-james-r-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAUGHN JAMES R KR-2
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR VOLKSWAGON
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,403 total, 1,270 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150721010789I

## Narrative

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

JULY 21, 2015 N891JF AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATUER BUILT KR-2 WITH ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD WAS RETURNING TO MADISON ALABAMA FROM OSHKOSH (OSH) EAA AIRVENTURE. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM OSH AND CLIMBING TO 7500 FEET THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOY BEAN FIELD NEAR WEST BEND WISCONSIN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT THE EDGE OF A CORN FIELD. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N891JF (1)

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

- [Incident 20150424007119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150424007119I), Apr 24, 2015: Faughn James R KR-2 (N891JF), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. On 4/24/2015, N891JF departed M38 to klal (sun and fun fly-in). The aircraft is a short-coupled, conventional gear home-built. After landing the PIC struck a…

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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