- Date
- September 4, 1983, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- New Lisbon, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39JKKuster KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830904046089A
- Case key
- 12333
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Mixture control,linkage - leakCause
Forced landing
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Analysis
The acft made a forced landing in a cornfield after a loss of power during flt. The acft had been flying about 30 minutes. Post accident examination of the engine revealed a fuel leak around the mixture control linkage shaft. The fuelexhaustion was atttibuted to this leakage. There was no fuel in the acft fuel tank at the time of the examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39JK
- Reported as
- Kuster KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 38
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1835, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John B. Kuster
- Departed
- RID · Richmond, IN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,443 total · 38 in this make and model · 6,259 as pilot in command · 131 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.