# NTSB CHI05CA100: Mitchell KR-2S, N316RP, Cameron, MO, April 14, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 14, 2005, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC) - Place: Cameron, MO - Coordinates: 39.7275, -94.27639 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7275&lon=-94.2764&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report July 7, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 61429 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI05CA100 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61429/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA100 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, go-around (vfr) - powerplant - failure,total (cause) - Forced landing, descent - emergency - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - terrain condition - ground ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N316RP-2015-05-20), registration cancelled 2015-05-20, S/N 9357-839, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MITCHELL KR-2S - Registry model: [Mitchell Roger P RAND-ROBERTSON KR2S](https://openairdocs.org/model/mitchell-roger-p-rand-robertson-kr2s) (registry code 056172M) (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: 9357-839 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; injuries: minor; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050414005499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050414005499A), Apr 14, 2005: Amtr KR2S, Cameron, MO, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft N316RP, departed ezz using runway 17 on its maiden flight. The aircraft had flown approximately 6 hours prior to the accident. The pilot was… 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. 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