- Date
- May 11, 1978
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N31158Rand KR2
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780511010439A
- Case key
- 142260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0875 78/5/11 NR.CORONA,CA RAND KR2 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1241 N31158 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 50, 12300 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ALL 4 PLUGS FOUND ONLY FINGER TIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31158
- Reported as
- Rand KR2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Corona Municipal
N31158Registration cancelled Mar 2, 2019 · Stone-Koppe RAND KR-2Airframe modelStone-Koppe RAND KR-2Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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