- Date
- September 14, 1978
- Place
- North Bend, OR · NORTH BEND, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N57JCHome Built KR-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780914030429A
- Case key
- 139651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2728 78/9/14 NORTH BEND,OR HOME BUILT KR-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 53, 52 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N57JC PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH BEND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH BEND,OR NONE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- BECAME AIRBORNE DURING HI SPEED TAXI. CONT TKOF. ENG FAILED INTERNALLY,LND IN BAY. VW ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57JC
- Reported as
- Home Built KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Bend Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.