- Date
- April 14, 2005, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N316RPMitchell KR-2S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050414005499A
- Case key
- 61429
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason and the misjudged landing flare which resulted in the bounced landing. Additional causes were the improper recovery from the bounced landing and the inadvertent stall. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in this type airplane.
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 homebuilt airplane was destroyed when it impacted terrain during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The pilot reported that he was performing a simulated approach when the engine stopped about 1/3 down the runway. He reported that the airplane was high and that he continued straight ahead. The landing gear contacted the runway bouncing the airplane into the air. He reported that the airplane did not repond to control inputs, stalled and subsequently impacted the ground. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any discrepencies with respect to the flight control system or engine. The pilot had no experience in this make and model of ariplane.
Factual narrative
On April 14, 2005 about 1715 central daylight time, an amateur-built Mitchell KR-2S, N316RP, piloted by a commercial pilot, was destroyed during an attempted go-around from runway 17 (4,000 feet by 75 feet, concrete), at the Cameron Memorial Airport, Cameron, Missouri. The homebuilt airplane was on it's maiden flight when the accident occurred. The 14 CFR Part 91 test flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot received minor injuries. The local flight originated about 1645.
In a written report, the pilot stated that he executed a simulated approach to landing and the airplane was too high. He reported that at the first 1/3 of the runway, the engine stopped. He stated that he continued straight ahead. He stated that the airplane's wheels contacted the runway and the airplane bounced into the air. He reported that the airplane "did not respond to control input - nose down and stalled nose high, slipping off on left wing. Wingtip struck ground to the left of runway centerline and [the airplane] impacted ground destroying [the aircraft]."
A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no discrepencies with regard to the flight control system. The airplane was powered by a converted Volkswagen engine and was fitted with a guillotine slide type carburetor.
The pilot reported having no experience in this make and model of airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316RP
- Reported as
- Mitchell KR-2S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 9357-839
- Engine
- Volkswagen 2100, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Flight test · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger P. Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- EZZ · Cameron, MO
- Destination
- Cameron, MO
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
- 61
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 0 in this make and model
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.