- Date
- August 6, 1990, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Page, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N36119Warkentin KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900806030409A
- Case key
- 26546
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent deactivation of the fuel selector when he actuated the foot operated main landing gear.
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
The pilot of the homebuilt experienced a loss of engine power after takeoff. The aircraft impacted the terrain near the runway intersection. The pilot stated his right foot inadvertently contacted the fuel selector when he retracted the foot operated main landing gear. There were no mechanincal malfunctions reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36119
- Reported as
- Warkentin KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JWDSA
- Airframe hours
- 574
- Engine
- Volkswagen 2100 CC, 86 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kangus, Weino B.
- Registered owner
- Kangus, Weino B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1989 · 1,745 hours before
- Airport
- PGA · Page Muni, runway 33, 5,499 × 150 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,009 total · 18 in this make and model · 17,009 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- 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.