- Date
- December 12, 1982, 14:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Norco, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5RURand KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821212063519A
- Case key
- 72024
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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
Experimental aircraft on demonstration flight spun to the ground from low altitude and was destroyed on impact. Witness saw and heard the aircraft maneuver and crash with the engine at high RPM. Weather was VMC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5RU
- Reported as
- Rand KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RU-1
- Engine
- Revmaster R-2100-D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rand Robinson Eng.
- Registered owner
- Rand Robinson Eng.
- Departed
- C · Corona, CA
- Destination
- C · 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 314 total · 185 in this make and model · 62 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.