# NTSB CHI83LA413: Kuster KR-2, N39JK, New Lisbon, IN, September 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1983, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: New Lisbon, IN
- Location: 39.8623° N, 85.2627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Lisbon, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8623&lon=-85.2627&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12333
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA413
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12333/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA413

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - mixture control,linkage - leak (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KUSTER KR-2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 38
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830904046089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830904046089A), Sep 4, 1983: Amtr KR2, New Lisbon, IN, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on a short test flight. Crash landed in a cornfield. Fuel leakage around mixture control linkage/

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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