# NTSB WPR14WA098: Amateur Built KR-2, Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, October 5, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 5, 2013
- Place: Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88685
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR14WA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88685/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88685
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14WA098

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT KR-2 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: V261
- Year built: 2000
- Engines: REVMASTER ENGINES RS 2100
- Damage: Destroyed

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 23, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88685. 56 KB in all.

- Docket Statement (item 1, .PDF, 56 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408389&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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