- Date
- June 7, 1992, 11:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3LLTakemoto KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920607018339A
- Case key
- 18211
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertant stall.
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
Witnesses saw the airplane take off and climbed to an altitude of approximately 50 to 75 feet. One witness saw the wings 'wallowing,' then the airplane 'stalled and went straight in.' Another witness said the airplane was 'in a near vertical bank,' left wing down, and the nose about 5 degrees below the horizon when it struck the ground. Autopsy and toxicological protocol disclosed no evidence of physiological impairment or incapacitation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3LL
- Reported as
- Takemoto KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 4611
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Takemoto, James H.
- Registered owner
- Takemoto, James H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 01V
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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 13 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.