- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Place
- Lockport, IL · LOCKPORT, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48198Clark KR-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760908030499A
- Case key
- 155639
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3326 76/9/8 LOCKPORT,IL CLARK KR-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 25, 102 TIME - 1900 N48198 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS LOCKPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOCKPORT,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- HI SPEED TAXI TEST,INADVERTANT LIFT OFF.PLT ELECTED TO CONT FLT.FUEL SYS ALTERED FOR GND TESTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48198
- Reported as
- Clark KR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis Lockport
N48198Registration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Clark KR-1Airframe modelClark KR-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.