# Nigro Victor E KR-2 - Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry) - Registry code: 05648ZH - Manufacturer (registry): NIGRO VICTOR E - Model: KR-2 - Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine - Category: Airplane - Engines: 1 · Reciprocating - Seats: 2 - Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb - Certification: Not type certificated - Registered aircraft: 0 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/nigro-victor-e-kr-2 Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs) Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment. None matched. ## Registered aircraft None registered with this model now. ## NTSB investigations (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 NYC92LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA122), Jun 20, 1992: Victor E. Nigro KR-2 (N21144), Lebanon, PA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND UNCONTROLLED DESCENT TO THE GROUND. FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPEREINCE IN THE TYPE… ## FAA accident and incident reports None matched to aircraft with this model. ## Service difficulty reports (7) As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report. - [SDR CA151215017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA151215017), Nov 30, 2015: OIL SYSTEM. LOW PRESSURE. (CAN) AN IFSD DUE TO OIL LOW PRESSURE OCCURRED DURING FLIGHT. AN OIL LEAK WAS FOUND AT THE PROPELLER VALVE MODULE, PVM, ENGINE INTERFACE. THIS IS A RECURRENT IS - [SDR 20001227SH031](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20001227SH031), Oct 7, 2000: BEARING. LACK OF LUBE. DURING CRUISE, THE ENGINE LOST COMPLETE POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE. PILOT LANDED 10 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE MAGNETO FAILED AND A TEARDOWN INSPEC - [SDR 20000607SH004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000607SH004), Mar 24, 2000: FUEL CONTROL. FAILED. FAILURE OF MAIN MIXTURE ADJUSTMENT NEEDLE LOCKING DEVICE DURING FLIGHT CAUSING MIXTURE TO GO RICH DRAMATICALLY INCREASING FUEL CONSUMPTION WHICH LED TO FUEL STA - [SDR 99ZZZX4088](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX4088), Oct 16, 1999: ELT. MISINSTALLED. FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT, THE EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATE. UPON COMBING THE WRECKAGE AND FINDING THE ELT, THE REASON WHY IT - [SDR AU980373](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU980373), Mar 8, 1998: BOLT. BROKEN. (AUS) LANDING GEAR BOLTS (4 OFF) SNAPPED OFF. - [SDR 95ZZZX3981](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX3981), Apr 3, 1995: PROPELLER. DEPARTED. UNCERTIFICATED AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AIRPORT ON FIRST FLIGHT SINCE COMPLETION. PROP HUB ATTACH BOLT UNSCREWED AND PROP DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. THE VW CONVE - [SDR 95ZZZX1432](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX1432), Feb 6, 1995: BOLT. FAILED. AIRCRAFT IN CRUISE AT 6000 M.S.L. WHEN THE PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD AND HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJ ## The same model under other registry codes Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes. - [Guay Pierre/Jean-Eudes Edmond KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/guay-pierre-jean-eudes-edmond-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056047D - [Ganfield Roger A KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/ganfield-roger-a-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606PA - [Baldwin Dale KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/baldwin-dale-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05607G6 - [Vaughn Hubert C KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/vaughn-hubert-c-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056104C - [Castle Rondle Preston KR2](https://openairdocs.org/model/castle-rondle-preston-kr2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610G9 - [Strother Mark KR2](https://openairdocs.org/model/strother-mark-kr2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610HQ - [Allison Tom K R 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/allison-tom-k-r-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056111D - [Lester Robert E KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/lester-robert-e-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0561131 - [Reeves Charles Wesley JR KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/reeves-charles-wesley-jr-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0561158 - [Human Richard A KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/human-richard-a-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056119O - [Vance James C KR 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/vance-james-c-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05614M9 - [Glover Stephen P KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/glover-stephen-p-kr-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05614RP --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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