- Date
- December 18, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2NNNorman Negus KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821218064569A
- Case key
- 71006
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The owner of the home built aircraft was checking out the other pilot who was second-in-command (SIC). The SIC also had a home built of the same make and model. The objective was to provide familiarization to the SIC. During an approach to land, they elected to go around after observing another aircraft on the runway. During the go-around, the engine lost power and a forced landing was made in a plowed field. After touchdown, the plane began to come apart, then flipped over. Both pilots received broken necks, the owner was paralyzed from the waist down. An investigation revealed that the crankshaft had failed at the crankarm between the #3 and #4 cylinder crankpins. The engine had 146 hrs total flying time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2NN
- Reported as
- Norman Negus KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 385
- Airframe hours
- 146
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100-D, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Norman A. Negus
- Registered owner
- Norman A. Negus
- Departed
- HMT · Hemet, CA
- Destination
- HMT · Hemet, CA
- Airport
- HMT · Hemet-Ryan
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 146 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.