- Date
- August 17, 1990, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Barnegat, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63BHHeinrichs Rand KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900817034359A
- Case key
- 36499
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to magneto failure.
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 pilot stated that after about 15 minutes of flight the engine began to run rough and then failed completely. The pilot attempted to restart the engine without success, and then looked for a suitable site for a forced landing. The terrain was wooded, with power lines and homes. The homebuilt airplane flew beneath power lines to land on a road, where it impacted a car and overturned. The pilot reported that the magneto impulse coupling had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63BH
- Reported as
- Heinrichs Rand KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 5574
- Airframe hours
- 268
- Engine
- Custom VW1850CC, 70 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nelson R. Heinrichs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1990 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- N44 · Toms River, NJ
- Destination
- 72N · Manahawkin, 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 263 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 165° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.