- Date
- September 20, 2026, 20:12 UTC
- Place
- Westminster, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N455JSShaffer John Thomas KR-2
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260920013359A
- Case key
- 203851
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N455JS
- Reported as
- Shaffer John Thomas KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 8009
- Built
- 1984
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shaffer John Thomas
- Registered owner
- Shaffer John Thomas
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- AOH · Lima Allen County, runway 10/28, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N455JSRegistered now · Shaffer John Thomas KR-2Airframe modelShaffer John Thomas KR-2Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- AOH
- METAR
- SPECI KAOH 201917Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM BKN009 BKN019 21/19 A2994 RMK AO2 CIG 006V010 T02110194
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 N455JS · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI08CA088Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportFremont, OHThe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during takeoff.NTSB ATL86LA094Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMobile, ALThe pilot lost control of the aircraft during cruise flight while attempting to close the cockpit canopy which inadvertently unlatched. The aircraft entered a spin and the pilot was unable to recover prior to ground impact. The aircraft was an experimental…