- Date
- July 23, 1983, 11:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Seal Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N98BBRand Robinson KR-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830723038149A
- Case key
- 23540
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to a witness, the acft apchd at about 1000 ft, made 3 circles & headed in an easterly direction. The acft was then observed to make a steep banked turn toward the witness at an estimated altitude of 200 to 300 ft above the water. It then nosed down, rolled over & enter a dive with full power, hitting the water, nose & 1 wing 1st. Enough of the wreckage was recovered to determine that all controls were intact & had maintained continuity. The eng was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98BB
- Reported as
- Rand Robinson KR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- BB2-78-KR1VW
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1622CC, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold Guinn, doing business as 11221 Stillman
- Registered owner
- Bruce A. Bateman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- CA · Corona, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point 7 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.