- Date
- May 27, 1992, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Middletown, DE
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N183RBRichard N. Burns KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920527016639A
- Case key
- 11802
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Probable cause
The pilot's lack of familiarity with the aircraft and his inadequate handling of the aircraft.
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
The pilot stated that he conducted high speed taxi tests in his newly built kit plane and then attempted the first takeoff of the aircraft. According to the pilot, he applied too much back pressure during lift off and the aircraft pitched up. He then pushed the nose back down, at which time the aircraft struck the runway, cartwheeled, and slid to a stop off the side of the runway. The pilot did not report any mechancal malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N183RB
- Reported as
- Richard N. Burns KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 4
- Engine
- Volkswagen 4 CYL, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard N. Burns
- Registered owner
- Richard N. Burns
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- N92 · Summit Airpark, runway 35, 4,493 × 66 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 4 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILG, 13 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.