- Date
- September 30, 1978
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37891Walker-Rand KR-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780930028459A
- Case key
- 139009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2734 78/9/30 CORONA,CA WALKER-RAND KR-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 715 TIME - 1000 N37891 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: BAFFLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER/INADEQUATE VENTING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED INSUFFICIENT BAFFLING AROUND ENGINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37891
- Reported as
- Walker-Rand KR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N37891Registration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Walker KR-1Airframe modelWalker 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.