- Date
- October 5, 2013
- Place
- Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- VH-CTEAmateur Built KR-2
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 88685
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On October 5, 2013, at 0900 local time, an amateur built aircraft, KR-2, VH-CTE, collided with the terrain shortly after takeoff from a private airstrip near Tumut, New South Wales. The flight was operated by the pilot under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Australia. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Australia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel: +612 6274 6054 Fax: +612 6274 6434 www.atsb.gov.au
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-CTE
- Reported as
- Amateur Built KR-2 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- V261
- Built
- 2000
- Engine
- Revmaster Engines RS 2100
- Damage
- Destroyed
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 23, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 56 KB in all.