Starke KR-2 N2AL

Summary

On 6 June 1982 at about 00:10 local time, a Starke KR-2 registered N2AL, operated by Roger A. Phillips, was involved in an accident near Wolf Creek, Montana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 June 1982 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Wolf Creek, Montana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Starke KR-2

Registration

N2AL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Roger A. Phillips

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Helena → Great Falls

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DTI14

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A POWERLINE DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND COWLING. THE PILOT USED GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO PICKUP A NEW PROPELLER. HE REPAIRED THE AIRCRAFT, SURVEYED THE TAKEOFF AREA AND ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF FROM THE ROUGH TERRAIN. AFTER THE TAIL LIFTED OFF, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.