# NTSB FTW82FRJ18: Ken Brock KB-2, N3153G, Coushatta, LA, September 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Coushatta, LA
- Coordinates: 32.019515, -93.340675 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0195&lon=-93.3407&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70361
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FRJ18
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70361/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ18

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - qualification, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING FOR A LANDING IN HIS HOME BUILT GYROCOPTER AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL WHEN IT SUDDENLY NOSED DOWN AND CRASHED IN ABOUT A 60 DEG DESCENT. A WITNESS STATED THAT IT IMPACTED ON ITS SIDE, SLIGHTLY INVERTED. NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTIONS WERE NOTED. THE PILOT'S STUDENT LICENSE HAD EXPIRED ON 10/31/81. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED AND THE REGISTRATION WAS PENDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3153G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3153G-2011-04-15), registration cancelled 2011-04-15, S/N 002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KEN BROCK KB-2
- Registry model: [Mccullough David KB-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/mccullough-david-kb-2) (registry code 1302789) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 002
- Engines: HAPI 2410BB reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: David J. Mccullough
- Departed: 0R7, COUSHATTA, LA
- Destination: 0R7, COUSHATTA, LA
- Airport: 0R7, Red River Parish, runway 35, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; medical: class 3, invalid medical for flight; flight hours: 700 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 167 °F

## 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 19820926048839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820926048839A), Sep 26, 1982: Amtr KB2, Coushatta, LA, Substantial damage. Gyrocopter crashed out of control during approach for landing. A break in actuating arm was noted by investigators.

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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