- Date
- May 27, 1990, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N777BGGoss KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900527017659A
- Case key
- 14477
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft, while flying it with a laterally imbalanced condition. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of flying experience, and his lack of familiarity with this aircraft.
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 private pilot was conducting the initial flight in the amateur built experimental aircraft. The aircraft contained 12 gallons of fuel; all in the left wing. During the initial climb, the aircraft encountered an uncommanded roll to the left, which the pilot was unable to arrest with control inputs. The aircraft descended and impacted the terrain off the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777BG
- Reported as
- Goss KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 9240
- Engine
- Volkswagen 2180, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- William S. Goss
- Registered owner
- Goss, William S
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 16, 1990 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- ENW · Kenosha Municipal, runway 6L, 5,500 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 65 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 1° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.