- Date
- July 20, 1981
- Place
- Rocky Ford, CO · ROCKY FORD, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8068YRand KR-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810720045879A
- Case key
- 124138
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NTSB brief
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3229 81/7/20 ROCKY FORD,CO RAND KR-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 460 TIME - 1230 N8068Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 172 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS ANIMAS,CO FLORENCE,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: JACKETS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 103 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- NO COWL FLAPS,NO RAM AIR COOLING TO MAG,NO HEAT SHIELD BTWN MAG & EXHAUST/TURBO UNITS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8068Y
- Reported as
- Rand KR-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8068YRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · ORR Marvin E RAND KR-2Airframe modelORR Marvin E RAND KR-2Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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