- Date
- April 5, 1985, 13:52 local (19:52 UTC)
- Place
- Laporte, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N17VEJohnson-Rand KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850405010789A
- Case key
- 21580
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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 reported that shortly after takeoff at an alt of aprx 30 ft AGL, the acft rolled inverted and descended to ground impact. Post accident examination of the acft failed to disclose any mechanical failure/malfunction which would have resulted in the loss of control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17VE
- Reported as
- Johnson-Rand KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 868
- Engine
- Volkswagen 60-2-1835CC, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry W. Stott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 15, 1985 · 12 hours before
- Airport
- T41 · Laporte Municipal, runway 30, 3,500 × 50 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 388 total · 12 in this make and model · 388 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Observed at
- HOU, 11 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.