- Date
- June 20, 1992, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21144Victor E. Nigro KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 37176
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent to the ground. Factor related to the accident were the pilot's lack of expereince in the type of airplane and the partial loss of engine power.
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
Work was accomplished on the engine of the homebuilt airplane prior to departure. The airplane was observed to return to the airport after a few minutes, in a shallow descent and flying very slow, 'possibly near stall speed.' Witnesses reported the engine was running but did not appear to be developing full power. As the airplane crossed the airport boundary, witnesses reported it appeared to pull up, stall, and descend to the ground. The airplane struck the ground on the right wing, cartwheeled, and landed upside down. The pilot crawled out of the burning wreckage. Due to impact and post crash fire, the cause of the partial power loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21144
- Reported as
- Victor E. Nigro KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Engine
- Volkswagen UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Avery T. Gamble
- Registered owner
- Avery T. Gamble
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 1900
- Airport
- 08N · Keller Brothers, runway 24, 2,660 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 3 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles