# NTSB LAX83FUG08: Rand KR-2, N5RU, Norco, CA, December 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: December 12, 1982, 14:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place: Norco, CA
- Location: 33.9255° N, 117.5520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9255&lon=-117.5520&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72024
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FUG08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72024/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUG08

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5RU-2012-11-27), registration cancelled 2012-11-27, S/N RU-1, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAND KR-2
- Registry model: [Upson Ralph E KR-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/upson-ralph-e-kr-2) (registry code 05648CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: RU-1
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821212063519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821212063519A), Dec 12, 1982: Amtr KR2, Norco, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot-builder allowed aircraft to stall and enter a flat spin at a low altitude and failed to recover.

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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