- Date
- December 13, 1985, 15:07 local (23:07 UTC)
- Place
- Oakdale, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N12YCRobert D. Campbell KR-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851213061949A
- Case key
- 24959
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed in a cow pasture in VMC wx. The acft left wing struck the ground in a steep angle of bank and the acft nosed in throwing the eng 450 ft farther across the field. The canopy & canopy latch were found prior to the impact point of the left wing. The acft was destroyed except the tail section which was found relatively int act about 200 ft from initial impact point. Witnesses had seen this acft perform low passes at the Oakdale arpt. The plt had ask his instuctor about performing aero batic flt and had made a statement that the acft was stressed for acrobatics. According to the acft operating limititations imposed by FAA the acft was prohibited from acrobatics.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12YC
- Reported as
- Robert D. Campbell KR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 5482
- Airframe hours
- 18
- Engine
- Hapi 1835CC 60-2DM, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert D. Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- O27 · Oakdale, 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 906 total · 189 in this make and model · 773 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.