# NTSB MIA84LA232: Brown KR-2, N4543Y, Naples, FL, August 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1984, 07:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place: Naples, FL
- Location: 26.1505° N, 81.7953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naples, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1505&lon=-81.7953&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31178/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA232

## 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)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command

## Analysis

WHILE ON THE FIRST FLT OF THE ACFT A HARD LANDING WAS MADE AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED DURING THE HARD LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4543Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BROWN KR-2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 1
- Engines: REVMASTER 67 67 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kenneth B. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport: APE, Naples Municipal, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,985 total, 1 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: APF

## 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 19840817041369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840817041369A), Aug 17, 1984: Amtr KR2, Naples, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control after hard landing and aircraft went off left side of runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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