# NTSB CHI04CA190: Selby Dean KR-2-SS, N299DS, Lake Elmo, MN, July 15, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 15, 2004, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Coordinates: 44.997501, -92.855552
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9975&lon=-92.8556&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 29, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA190

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and his failure to maintain aircraft control.  A related factor was the crosswind.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

An experimental amateur-built airplane, owned and piloted by a private pilot, impacted terrain about 100 yards from the approach end of the landing runway.  The pilot reported a wind gust had nearly inverted the airplane causing the left wing tip to hit the ground.  Recorded wind observations 9 nautical miles southwest of the airport recorded winds of 7 knots at the time of the accident and no gusts on the day of the accident.

## Factual narrative

On July 15, 2004, at 1330 central daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Selby Dean KR-2-SS, N299DS, owned and piloted by a private pilot, received substantial damage on impact with terrain during final approach to runway 32 (2,850 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) at Lake Elmo Airport (21D), Lake Elmo, Minnesota.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan.  The pilot was uninjured.  The local flight originated from 21D at 1200.

The pilot stated that he made two full stop landings at the airport prior to the accident approach.  He noticed the winds buffeting slightly.  At 50 feet above ground level, the right wing was hit with a severe updraft gust, almost inverting the airplane.  He applied full power, and the left wing tip struck the ground.

The wreckage was located about 100 yards from the approach end of runway 32.

The St. Paul, Minnesota, Automated Surface Observing System, located 9 nautical miles southwest of 21D, recorded at 1253 - wind 270 degrees at 7 knots and at 1353 - wind 240 degrees at 7 knots.  There were no wind gusts recorded on the day of the accident

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N299DS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299DS-2017-06-15), registration cancelled 2017-06-15, S/N 884, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Selby Dean KR-2-SS
- Registry model: [Selby Dean KR-2-SS](https://openairdocs.org/model/selby-dean-kr-2-ss) (registry code 05607S4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 884
- Engines: Volkswagen 915 Type 1 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joel E. Stephens
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: 21D, Lake Elmo, MN
- Destination: 21D, Lake Elmo, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 231 total, 23 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20040715018469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040715018469A), Jul 15, 2004: Amtr KR2S, St Paul, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) N299DS landed short of runway 32 at Lake Elmo Airport. Pilot stated that he encountered turbulence at approximately 100 feet AGL above runway. The left…

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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