# NTSB LAX83FUA06: Rand Robinson KR-1, N98BB, Seal Beach, CA, July 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 23, 1983, 11:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Seal Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.750408, -118.069671 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7504&lon=-118.0697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23540
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FUA06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23540/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUA06

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98BB-2013-09-17), registration cancelled 2013-09-17, S/N BB2-78-KR1-VW, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAND ROBINSON KR-1
- Registry model: [Bateman-Bruce KR-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bateman-bruce-kr-1) (registry code 05648W3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: BB2-78-KR1VW
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830723038149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830723038149A), Jul 23, 1983: Amtrrn KR1, Seal Beach, CA, Destroyed. Snapped inverted during a steep turn over racing sailboats. Indicates accelerated stall occurred. Dived into water.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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