- Date
- December 26, 1976
- Place
- Chino, CA · CHINO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65117KR 1
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761226040819A
- Case key
- 156668
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3792 76/12/26 NR.CHINO,CA KR 1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 35, 193 TIME - 1520 N65117 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHINO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DURING FORCED LDG ACFT ROLLED OVER IRRIGATION PIPE. VW ENG PISTON RING GAPS TOO SMALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65117
- Reported as
- KR 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chino
N65117Registration cancelled Jun 13, 2013 · Opdahl KR-1Airframe modelOpdahl KR-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.