# NTSB LAX98LA205: Offord KR-2, N687RL, San Diego, CA, June 18, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 18, 1998, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC) - Place: San Diego, CA - Coordinates: 32.710674, -117.159851 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7107&lon=-117.1599&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 22, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 30126 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX98LA205 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30126/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA205 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to attain/maintain adequate airspeed during an attempted go-around. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - go-around - attempted, pilot in command - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall/mush - encountered, pilot in command - Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, go-around (vfr) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he had been cleared to land and after touchdown the aircraft bounced twice. A go-around was initiated, the left wing dropped, and the airplane turned to the left. The pilot stated that the aircraft may have entered a partial stall. The left wing struck the runway and the aircraft cartwheeled and came to rest on its belly. ## Factual narrative On June 18, 1998, at 1615 hours Pacific daylight time, an Offord KR-2, N687RL, experimental aircraft, departed runway 27L after landing at Gillespie Field, San Diego, California. The left wing impacted the ground and the aircraft cartwheeled before coming to rest on a taxiway. The airplane, operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, sustained substantial damage. The private pilot/owner/builder, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed for the personal flight that had originated from Brown field, San Diego at 1600. No flight plan was filed. The pilot stated that he had been cleared to land on runway 27R and to report 3 miles. He was then asked to "change to [runway] 27L cleared to land 27L." Upon landing, the aircraft bounced twice and a go-around was initiated. The pilot reported that the left wing dropped, the plane turned to the left and down and may have entered a partial stall. The left wing impacted the runway; the airplane cartwheeled, and came to rest on its belly. Approximately 1610, a pilot taxiing a Cessna 152 towards runway 27L witnessed the accident. The witness observed the KR-2 touch down onto runway 27L while simultaneously rocking from side to side. Several seconds later, he then stated that the aircraft was airborne and "barely out of ground effect" when it entered a left turn at 30 degrees of bank. He observed the aircraft swerve across the taxiway and turn left almost 90 degrees when the lower wing struck the taxiway. The aircraft contacted the ground, came to a sudden stop, and "split up into several pieces". ## Aircraft - Registration: [N687RL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N687RL-1998-08-27), registration cancelled 1998-08-27, S/N RLO1 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Offord KR-2 - Registry model: [Offord Robert L KR2](https://openairdocs.org/model/offord-robert-l-kr2) (registry code 056483A) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: RLO-1 - Airframe hours: 239 - Engines: Volkswagen 60 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Robert L. Offord - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1997, 27 hours before - Departed: SDM, CA - Airport: SEE, Gillespie Field, runway 27L, 2,737 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 309 total, 208 in this make and model, 268 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 9 knots - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: SEE ## 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 19980618014249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980618014249A), Jun 18, 1998: Amtr KR2, El Cajon, CA, Substantial damage. Lost control after aborting landing. (-23) pilot lost control of aircraft after aborted landing. Pilot will be re-examined in conventional single engine… From the NTSB's public API. 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