# NTSB DEN82DTI14: Starke KR-2, N2AL, Wolf Creek, MT, June 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 5, 1982, 17:10 local (Jun 6, 1982, 00:10 UTC)
- Place: Wolf Creek, MT
- Location: 47.0059° N, 112.0701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wolf Creek, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0059&lon=-112.0701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73083
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DTI14
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73083/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DTI14

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A POWERLINE DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND COWLING. THE PILOT USED GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO PICKUP A NEW PROPELLER. HE REPAIRED THE AIRCRAFT, SURVEYED THE TAKEOFF AREA AND ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF FROM THE ROUGH TERRAIN. AFTER THE TAIL LIFTED OFF, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2AL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2AL-1995-12-28), registration cancelled 1995-12-28, S/N 1023 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STARKE KR-2
- Registry model: [Starke RAND KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/starke-rand-kr-2) (registry code 05648M5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1023
- Airframe hours: 218
- Engines: VW 1300 36 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Roger A. Phillips
- Registered owner: Roger A. Phillips
- Departed: HELENA, MT
- Destination: GREAT FALLS, MT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,033 total, 212 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19820605025499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820605025499A), Jun 5, 1982: Amtrra KR2, Wolf Creek, MT, Substantial damage. Struck wires over a river, landed safe. After repairs tried to takeoff, ran into tall grass and flipped over.

## Other investigations on N2AL (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA93LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA156), Jul 18, 1993: Stark Rand KR-2 (N2AL), Townsend, MT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE IMPROPERLY MODIFIED MAGNETO AND LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT BY THE PIC WHILE MANEUVERING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.

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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