- Date
- August 14, 1979
- Place
- Asbury Park, NJ · ASBURY PARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2262NRichard KR-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790814024099A
- Case key
- 135223
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1864 79/8/14 ASBURY PARK,NJ RICHARD KR-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 275 TIME - 1200 N2262N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOKHAVEN,NY LIBERTY COUNTY,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- PROPELLER WAS MISSING 6IN ON ONE BLADE AND 9IN ON THE OTHER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2262N
- Reported as
- Richard KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2262NRegistration cancelled May 2, 1988 · Reder Richard KR-2Airframe modelReder Richard KR-2Engine 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2262N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.