- Date
- October 21, 1986, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N47JJJere L. Rosser Rand KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861021049469A
- Case key
- 7323
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During initial climb the aircraft was observed at a high angle of attack at low altitude before descending in a stall/spin collision with the ground. Witnesses at the aprt reported that the engine sounded rough during the taxi and takeoff roll. The plt had recently purchased the experimental homebuilt acft and several weeks before the accident had attempted to land the tail-wheel acft for the first time. The plt had no prior tail-wheel experience. The acft ground looped causing substantial landing gear damage and sudden stoppage of the engine. There was no recorded maintenance performed on the engine since the incident. The accident flight was the first flight on the acft since the incident and the plt's second flight in the acft. The cause of the loss of power was not determined. There was no evidence of control system malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47JJ
- Reported as
- Jere L. Rosser Rand KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 253-66-7802A
- Airframe hours
- 251
- Engine
- Volkswagen 2100CC, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Forrest Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1986
- Departed
- 8A4 · Kennesaw, GA
- Destination
- 84A · Marietta, GA
- Airport
- 8A4 · Mccollum, runway 27, 4,591 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGE, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.