Rand KR1 KR-1 N4306

Summary

On 6 March 1983 at about 19:45 local time, a Rand KR1 KR-1 registered N4306 was involved in an accident near Watervliet, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 March 1983 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Watervliet, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Watervliet (40C)

Coordinates

42.1791, -86.2499

Aircraft

Rand KR1 KR-1

Registration

N4306

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA129

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT ON THE PREVIOUS DAY AND THE OPERATION HAD BEEN SATISFACTORY. PRIOR TO THAT FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN FOR TWO YEARS. AFTER TAKEOFF HE EXPERIENCED POWER INTERRUPTION, MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT BUT WAS REQUIRED TO TURN LEFT TO AVOID AN ONCOMING AIRCRAFT THAT WAS TAKING OFF. DURING THE TURN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. CARBURETOR HEAT HAD NOT BEEN CHECKED OR APPLIED DURING AN EXTENSIVE PREFLIGHT GROUND OPERATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.