- Date
- August 16, 1986, 19:42 local (Aug 17, 1986, 00:42 UTC)
- Place
- Waterloo, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N49RWRoger Warnell KR-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34085
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,carburetor - inoperativeFactor
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Proper descent rate - exceededCause
Analysis
The pilot reported that he had carburetor problems. The engine quit and the pilot made a forced landing about one mile from airport. This was the pilots first flight in this aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49RW
- Reported as
- Roger Warnell KR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 5221
- Engine
- Volkswagen 60E, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert J. Cartney
- Registered owner
- Roger Warnell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- EAU · Eau Claire, WI
- Airport
- ALO · Waterloo
N49RWRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2013 · Warnell Roger S KR-1Airframe modelWarnell Roger S KR-1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALO, 1 nm away