# NTSB SEA93LA045: Croy KR-2M, N302DC, Gillette, WY, December 25, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 25, 1992, 16:32 local (23:32 UTC)
- Place: Gillette, WY
- Coordinates: 44.460327, -105.700073 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4603&lon=-105.7001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42973
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42973/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA045

## Probable cause

JAMMING OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR OPENING MECHANISM AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S EXCESSIVE DESCENT RATE UPON TOUCHDOWN.

## Analysis

WHILE ON DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 16 THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR. ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT THE MAIN GEAR FOR A GEAR UP LANDING WERE ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL. TOWER PERSONNEL REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT MAKE A HARD LANDING AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY DURING WHICH THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT BOUNCE AND SKIDDED TO A STOP AFTER AN APPROXIMATE 15 FOOT GROUND ROLL. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE MECHANICAL NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR OPENING MECHANISM HAD BOUND UP PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR DOORS FROM OPENING AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE GEAR EXTENSION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - jammed (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - descent - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N302DC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302DC-2020-10-03), registration cancelled 2020-10-03, S/N 1613-2, built 1992 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CROY KR-2M
- Registry model: [Croy Barbara / Croy Daniel D KR-2M](https://openairdocs.org/model/croy-barbara-croy-daniel-d-kr-2m) (registry code 056481K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1613-2
- Airframe hours: 39
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-8FJ 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Croy, Jana M.
- Registered owner: Daniel D. & Barbara J. Croy
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, January 2, 2000, 3 hours before
- Departed: GCC
- Airport: GCC, Gillette Campbell County, runway 16, 7,500 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 296 total, 180 in this make and model, 276 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 19 °F, dew point 7 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19921225051629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921225051629A), Dec 25, 1992: Amtr KR2, Gillette, WY, Substantial damage. Unable to extend nose gear or retract main gear for landing. Made hard nose first landing. Nose gear door jammed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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