# NTSB ATL84LA039: Rand KR-2, N25134, Greer, SC, November 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Greer, SC
- Coordinates: 34.929626, -82.229042 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9296&lon=-82.2290&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA039

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command
  - maneuver - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE PLT BEGAN AN APCH TO RWY 9, BUT MADE A GO-AROUND, THEN MANEUVERED TO LAND ON RWY 27. THE WITNESS STATED THAT DURING THE TURN TO FINAL APCH FOR RWY 27, THE ACFT DESCENDED RAPIDLY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND TREES. THE WITNESS STATED THE ACFT 'SEEMED TO LOSE POWER.' HOWEVER, THE PLT'S SON PROVIDED PHOTOS & COMMENTS THAT INDICATED THE ENG WAS OPERATING AT IMPACT. OTHER WITNESS STATEMENTS & AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE INDICATED THAT THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A FLAT ATTITUDE FOLLOWING A MUSHED STALL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25134](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25134-1985-02-20), registration cancelled 1985-02-20, S/N 1594 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAND KR-2
- Registry model: [Benjamin RAND-ROBINSON KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/benjamin-rand-robinson-kr-2) (registry code 05648G4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1594
- Airframe hours: 225
- Engines: Volkswagen UNK reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Brian S. Benjamin
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1983
- Departed: SPA, SPARTANBURG, SC
- Airport: PVT, Sloan'S Airstrip, runway 27, 2,200 ×  ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 225 total, 225 in this make and model, 225 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831106057809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831106057809A), Nov 6, 1983: Amtr KR2, Greer, SC, Destroyed. Stalled in a tight turn from base leg. Partially recovered prior to ground impact. Aircraft disintegrated.

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.

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