Rand KR-2 N75JL

Summary

On 27 June 1987 at about 15:55 local time, a Rand KR-2 registered N75JL was involved in an accident near Watsonville, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 June 1987 at 15:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Watsonville, California, United States

Nearest airport

Watsonville

Coordinates

36.9509, -121.7202

Aircraft

Rand KR-2

Registration

N75JL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Watsonville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87DVM04

1 person had minor injuries.

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 19, THE ENGINE BEGAN 'SPUTTERING' AND LOSING POWER. THE PILOT TRIED ADJUSTING MIXTURE AND THROTTLE CONTROLS. THE ENGINE CONTINUED 'SPUTTERING' AND LOSING POWER AND THE PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. HAVING GAINED NO MORE THAN 200' AGL, AND DUE TO TERRAIN FACTORS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO DESCEND OVER A LINE OF TREES AND LAND IN A FIELD. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE TREES AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT DISASSEMBLED THE ENGINE AND FOUND NO BROKEN PARTS. HOWEVER, HE NOTED AN UNIDENTIFIED WHITE CHALKY SUBSTANCE IN AND AROUND THE 'LEFT' TWO CYLINDERS. THE LOSS OF POWER WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.