- Date
- September 14, 1985, 14:39 local (20:39 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5CJTodd KR-II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850914045019A
- Case key
- 40237
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Rotation - prematureCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftFactor
Landing gear - overload
Analysis
The acft settled back onto the rwy shortly after takeoff pushing both main gear up through the wings. The plt did not have any previous experience in this type acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5CJ
- Reported as
- Todd KR-II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 563024236
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Volkswagen UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kevin B. Yagues
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Airport
- BOI · Boise Air Terminal
N5CJRegistered now · Todd Jon R KR-IIAirframe modelTodd Jon R KR-IIEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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
- 79
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.