# NTSB LAX06CA057: Grafton Rand KR-1, N47186, El Cajon, CA, December 13, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 13, 2005, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Coordinates: 32.82611, -116.972221
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8261&lon=-116.9722&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62948
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06CA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62948/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA057

## Probable cause

The pilot's attempt to turn off the runway at an excessive taxi speed.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - object - taxiway light
  - taxispeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The airplane struck a taxiway light after landing. The pilot said he turned left onto the taxiway with excessive speed, lost control of the aircraft, and struck a taxiway light with the right wing tip.  The impact damaged the wing and broke the landing gear lock, which caused the right main landing gear to collapse.

## Factual narrative

On December 13, 2005, about 0945 Pacific standard time, an experimental Grafton Rand KR-1, N47186, struck a taxiway light at Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California.  The pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91.  The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage.  The local flight departed San Diego, California, about 0930, with a planned destination of El Cajon.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.

In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilot stated that he turned off the runway at an excessive speed.  The right wing trip struck a taxiway light, which broke the landing gear lock, and caused the landing gear to retract.  This resulted in a broken wood propeller, broken right wheel casting, and damage to the right aileron.  After he secured the aircraft, the pilot exited with no injuries.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N47186 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Grafton Rand KR-1
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1976
- Airframe hours: 300
- Engines: Volkswagen 1835cc reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert S. Ryan
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, December 1, 2005
- Departed: SDM, San Diego, CA
- Destination: SEE, El Cajon, CA
- Airport: KSEE, Gilespie Field Airport, runway 27R, 5,341 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; last flight review November 1, 2005; seat: single; flight hours: 700 total, 20 in this make and model, 700 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 20051213033319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051213033319A), Dec 13, 2005: Amtr KR1, El Cajon, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated that he landed "a little" fast and floated in ground effect for about half of the runway before touching down. He estimated his speed…

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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