# NTSB BFO86FID03: Taylor Lonsdale KR-2, N99PT, Waynesboro, VA, April 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: April 18, 1986, 19:10 local (Apr 19, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place: Waynesboro, VA
- Coordinates: 38.060211, -78.899162 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0602&lon=-78.8992&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11223
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86FID03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11223/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FID03

## 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
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft weight and balance - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE AIRPORT OPERATOR, CALEB GLICK, WAS DRIVING ON A ROAD ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT WHEN HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TURNING BASE FOR RUNWAY 23 AT WAYNESBORO AIRPORT. SHORTLY THERAFTER HE LOST SIGHT OF N99PT AND NEXT OBSERVED IT AS IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN BACK OF HIS CAR. WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND IN A DEVELOPING STALL SITUATION. AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE EXAMINATION DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY MALFUNCTIONS HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 50 POUNDS OVER THE DESIGNER'S ORIGINAL WEIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE OPERATING LIMITATIONS FOR THE AIRCRAFT CAUTIONED AGAINST OPERATION OVER THE ORIGINAL WEIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N99PT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99PT-2012-10-15), registration cancelled 2012-10-15, S/N L-021940, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLOR LONSDALE KR-2
- Registry model: [Lonsdale Paul Taylor KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/lonsdale-paul-taylor-kr-2) (registry code 05648EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: L-O 21940
- Airframe hours: 104
- Engines: Hapi 60-2D 60 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Paul S. Law
- Registered owner: Robert F. Nichols
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 28, 1984, 29 hours before
- Airport: W13, Waynesboro, runway 23, 2,000 × 50 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 570 total, 2 in this make and model, 511 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point -0 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860418012859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860418012859A), Apr 18, 1986: Amtr KR2, Waynesboro, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft stalled in the final turn and hit the ground. Aircraft was above maximum certified gross weight.

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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