- Date
- September 28, 1986, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hollister, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50WBWalter D. Burleson KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860928064109A
- Case key
- 24869
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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
During a first proving flt for the experimental homebuilt, the pilot said the aircraft 'hit hard' during the landing, bounced and came down on the left wing and nose. According to the pilot, he had accrued less than an hour of flight time in the accident aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50WB
- Reported as
- Walter D. Burleson KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 814
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter D. Burleson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1986 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 307 · Hollister, CA
- Destination
- 307 · Hollister, CA
- Airport
- 307 · Hollister Muni, runway 23, 4,350 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 430 total · 1 in this make and model · 365 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.