- Date
- May 14, 1980
- Place
- Half Moon Bay, CA · HALF MOON BAY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N76KHKR 2
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800514013919A
- Case key
- 130579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2989 80/5/14 HALF MOON BAY,CA KR 2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 56, 140 TIME - 1000 N76KH PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALF NOON BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HALF MOON BAY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TKOF W 10GAL IN 25GAL FUEL TNK.NO GRAVITY FEED TO CARB DRG STEEP CLB W LOW FUEL,1ST TEST FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76KH
- Reported as
- KR 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Half Noon Bay
N76KHRegistration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Hixenbaugh Charles K KR-2Airframe modelHixenbaugh Charles K KR-2Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.