- Date
- July 1, 1982, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mcwhorter, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N27JKKR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820701025759A
- Case key
- 71639
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
This was a home built aircraft that was equipped with an uncertificated, variable pitch, propeller. During flight, a propeller blade separated and the plane was substantially damaged when a forced landing was made on upward sloping terrain. The aircraft and propeller had about 57 hrs total flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27JK
- Reported as
- KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 13650715
- Airframe hours
- 57
- Engine
- Revmaster R-2100D, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- D.J. Karr
- Registered owner
- D.J. Karr
- Departed
- Nashville, TN
- Destination
- Pleasant, WV
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,760 total · 57 in this make and model · 1,760 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 181 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.