- Date
- October 12, 1988, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Allaire, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3774GVangorden KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881012046279A
- Case key
- 36243
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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.
Analysis
The homebuilt aircraft was being flown on its maiden flight when the accident occurred. A witness stated that he observed the aircraft 'swirling down like a bird with a broken wing.' According to him, the aircraft was intact with no evidence of smoke before it crashed. Subsequently, it impacted in a nose down, left wing low attitude, then burst into flames. The majority of the wreckage came to rest in a 20 ft radius. The propeller blades were splintered & chipped, as if the engine was providing at least partial power before impact. No preimpact mechanical malfunction/failure of the aircraft was found. The 72 year old pilot had little or no previous experience in this make & model of aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3774G
- Reported as
- Vangorden KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1295
- Engine
- unknown 60-2, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry J. Vangorden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- BLM · Allaire, NJ
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
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEL, 17 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.