- Date
- February 3, 1992, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boone, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1066Raymond Bristow Rand KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920203001639A
- Case key
- 15205
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control. A factor in the accident is total failure of the airplane canopy.
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 accident airplane was destroyed during a collision with terrain. The wreckage path was approximately 200 feet in length. Inspection of the wreckage showed the canopy attach point separated from the fuselage. Parts of the airplane canopy were found approximately 1/2 mile from the main wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1066
- Reported as
- Raymond Bristow Rand KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RMB-1
- Airframe hours
- 58
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100D, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond M. Bristow
- Registered owner
- Raymond M. Bristow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 12, 1991 · 52 hours before
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 443 total · 51 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 35 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.
Other investigations on N1066 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.