- Date
- July 19, 1983, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3924NHackett/Mckown KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830719033759A
- Case key
- 20979
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt/owner stated that the home built acft had poor forward visibility, was not equipped with flaps & required a high apch speed. Also, he said it tended to float after flaring to land & had poor brakes. Additionally, the arpt elevation was 5270 ft & the temp was 79 deg. Since the rwy was short for this acft, he made a low final apch at the min apch speed. While on final, his sink rate increased suddenly. The plt applied power, but the turbocharged eng was slow to accelerate. The acft struck trees about 50 ft short of the rwy & crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3924N
- Reported as
- Hackett/Mckown KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3093
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100-D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Olen A. Kane
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1983 · 12 hours before
- Airport
- 4AC · Coronado, runway 35, 4,020 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 35 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.